A Case for De-Googling

The Google Suite is extremely useful and refreshingly user-friendly.

But in our world of many abuses, Google is far from guiltless. It is quickly becoming apparent that the kind of life I want to live is built around people and institutions that I trust, and to put it bluntly, I don't trust Google.

Here's why:

Google collects all the information I (knowingly or otherwise) make available to their services, to do whatever suits their purposes. This includes my email and chat, documents, location, internet browsing, photos, and more.

But that's fine, since I've consented to it, right?

No. There's more to the story:

On top of that:

Fact-check me. It's all rather depressing, isn't it?

I have the power!

But, as it turns out, I have the power to do something about it in my own life. And you do, too. Here ancient Egypt provides us with some illumination: "Righteousness is the owner of power." It's time to come clean.

I want to work toward discarding what is quickly becoming effective criminality and instead build a more local, resilient, nurturing life in spite of it. I need integrity.

I'm not the only one who cares about rebuilding technological integrity. The pushback and alternatives are growing every day.

Join us.