If you can afford and are not relying on games get a mac. I mean it’s still US but it is soooo much better and less enshitticated than windows. Regarding Google you can switch to a European cloud use duckduckgo or stuff for search, there are plenty foss alternatives to maps and for YouTube you can check out grayjay. It’s a bit tedious but it’s possible and as convenient as big tech products
Last of us pt2 for me
That’s probably the worst post I’ve seen all year. And that on 27.12… respect!
I use those platforms to promote and sell my own music or buy music for my DJ Sets. But I agree conventional streaming is dogshit for artists!
Lol you are right 😀😀 Should have known that since I live in Berlin…
I recently deleted all my us-based accounts (except SoundCloud and bandcamp) to migrate to European services. Soo reddit is gone and it feels like it’s way better here
For me 32h/week is fine. Sweet spot would be at 24h/week but that’s pretty unrealistic if you want to pay your bills.
Dude like even 6 months ago Id read your post and would think alright man c’mon…
But now you are 100% right it’s getting tough and people will only realize when it’s too late. Imagine a far right government with palantir in Europe. That’s pretty much where we are heading and I try my best to get any of my data away from this sphere of influence