’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech.

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

”42% of Danes want to try alternatives to Big Tech. 68% would like to reduce their screen time. But far fewer act on it.

Habits hold us back. Network effects bind us to the same platforms as everyone else. This only changes if we shift collectively. When we shift together, new habits become easier to maintain.

When enough of us shift simultaneously, alternative platforms gain the critical mass they need. When we act collectively, change is possible.”

About Danmark Skifter

42% of Danes want to try new alternatives to Big Tech. 68% would like to reduce their screen time. But far fewer act on it. Together, we can change that. What is Danmark Skifter? Danmark Skifter is a national campaign where thousands of Danes take back control of their digital

Danmark Skifter (danmarkskifter.dk)

#DanmarkSkifter

[hanktank61@nerdjoy.social]

@CiaraNi Nice ! Halfway that road, not fully yet.
Android is the weak point, need to figure that out.
Special for Maps for the few times we still need a car.
Laptop and PC are older ones. Running very smooth with Linux, no Big Bros there anymore.

[sebastian@mastodon.cc]

@Flatus @CiaraNi

i do photos, videos and such with a local self-hosted nextcloud - am super happy with that

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

Before I could pick my 2026 goal for #DanmarkSkifter, I did a digital status. I was mildly surprised when I saw my 2025 digital changes together. I looked at the list and thought: ’Tell me you hang out in the Fediverse without telling me you hang out in the Fediverse.’

From Outlook to Tuta
From Office to Libre
From MS Authenticator to Ente Authenticator
From Google Play to F-Droid
From Spotify to AntennaPod
From Firefox to Vivaldi
From DuckDuckGo to NoAIDuckDuckGo
And I bought a back-up drive.

[mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org]

@CiaraNi many people would like to delete Microsoft

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@Flatus Tak. Jeg har også prøvet Ente. Den har mange super features. Jeg kørte dog ind i to (for mig) udfordringer. Den er US-baseret. Og den giver ikke, bedst jeg kan se fra en ordenligt prøve, mulighed for at strukture fotos i filer og mapper. Kun albummer. Jeg håber at finde noget tilsvarende, bare i EU og med arkiveringstruktur.

[pepijn@mastodon.online]

@CiaraNi

Talking from experience I'd add one thing (if it's a manual action):

Regular calendar reminder to actually do the backup.

edit: not that the reminder actually makes one do the action.. but it's a start.

[crisper@techhub.social]

@CiaraNi kig evt @filen leger også god med Linux og er fra Tyskland.
Pcloud har jeg ikke personligt prøvet men skulle også være god og er fra Schweiz.
Internxt er også en eu udbyder, mener de er fra Spanien.

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@hanktank61 Every move helps. We were entangled in and by these solutions for years and decades, no wonder it takes time to move. I was so overwhelmed by the need to move Everything All At Once that I did nothing. Then I got so cross at the constant enshittification that I decided to just move different things at my own pace in a way that I could manage. 'Something better than nothing.' Bit by bit, we get there.

[bodo@social.tchncs.de]

@CiaraNi

I sync my Photos automatic to my PC, when I come home and my smartphone switch to my Wifi. Then Syncthing do the rest for me.

Syncthing:
https://syncthing.net/

Syncthing on Android:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingfork/

EDIT: It's all Open Source Software

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@sebastian @Flatus Thanks for the tip. I did browse around in NextCloud's solutions but couldn't see a simple off-the-shelf one for a non-tech person like me who just wants it to plug-and-play work. I've been waiting to see Tuta's drive. Then the DanmarkSkifter campaign nudged to me to stop faffing around - get off OneDrive now, get the photos backed up, then pick the right cloud solution after that. Otherwise I'll never take that final step.

[chris@olsberg.social]

@CiaraNi I am delighted to hear this good news from Denmark! Let us turn our backs on Big Tech!

#DanmarkSkifter #DigitalIndependence #did #dut #DigitalIndependenceDay #Fediverse #Europe #KickBigTech #DigitaleUnabhaengigkeit #Denmark

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@mirabilos Ha yes I hope it's obvious what I meant - it was just my shorthand way of saying 'empty my account, delete my account, cancel my subscription'.

[mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org]

@CiaraNi yeah, but still, the idea

[lionelb@expressional.social]

@CiaraNi

We need a EuropeShifts.

[jakobtougaard@mastodon.online]

@CiaraNi
Købte en brugt Lenovo i efteråret og den kører nu #Kubuntu. Mål for 2026 er at flytte alt mit private ud af Big Tech. Har lukket mine Facebook og X-konti, men mangler alternativ til WhatsApp for chats og billeder til vores gamle forældre og nærmeste familie. Ideer?

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@Pepijn Thanks, that's a good tip. Yes, it's a manual back-up. Just like in the old days, back when the internet was enjoyable. I have now, literally this minute, put a reminder in my calendar. Tak.

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@Crisper Tak for forslagene og navnene. Dem vil jeg undersøge.

[irgndsondepp@gts.da-miez.de]

@Pepijn it does actually, if you make backing things up easy enough.
This is super nerdy, but I have an entry in my monitoring software that expects at least one manual backup per week. "Manual" means that I have to take a USB drive and plug it in. With some Linux magic, once this exact drive is plugged it, it will automatically start a backup job and send me a push notification when it's done and tell my monitoring that a backup was created.
If I forget about it, I'll get nagging reminders until I do it.
@CiaraNi

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@Bodo Interesting. That sounds effective. I must look at that. Thanks for the tip.