’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech.
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I stopped using Booking.com ages ago, tired of the spam and Big Corporateness of it. Now I only book directly with hotels. Every time, it's cheaper and the experience is better. If I need to contact a hotel, I communicate with a human. When I needed to make a date change not covered by the booking: 'no problem!' They changed it instantly for free. I'd forgotten how actual customer service used to be. I also forgot to actually delete my account. #DanmarkSkifter reminded me. I just deleted it.
@CiaraNi I’ve been doing the same. However, when a hotel requires me to create an account to book for that one time I will ever stay with them, I pass.
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@CiaraNi maybe 'User Rebellion'. Your post is great food for thought. Semantics can make or break a defining a movement.
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@borisentiu @CiaraNi Why is paypal so popular in Germany? I hardly ever used it before moving here, and now many webshops only have paypal checkout, and people collect money for presents and return those few euros they borrowed for lunch through paypal (granted, Revolut I am used to is not great either, waiting for Wero to take off).
@rhelune @borisentiu I didn't know that PayPal was so dominant there. People keep recommending Revolut to me but I am trying to shed apps so I don't want new ones. Cash and card is fine when I'm travelling, although it's frustrating in somewhere like London where they've normalised refusing cash and you end up paying a conversion fee for using a credit card for some small purchase.
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@CiaraNi I’ve been doing the same. However, when a hotel requires me to create an account to book for that one time I will ever stay with them, I pass.
@hvdsomp That's a good line to draw. Too much of our data is being hoovered up for reasons entirely unconnected from the purchase or booking.
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@rhelune @Nead Great point. Disenshittification is absolutely an environmental movement. Among other things, the process of disentangling myself from Big Tech products made me realise how much I was hoarding digitally. I've been purging and deleting like nobody's business and it's been a pleasure to do. Like weeding a garden.
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@borisentiu @CiaraNi Why is paypal so popular in Germany? I hardly ever used it before moving here, and now many webshops only have paypal checkout, and people collect money for presents and return those few euros they borrowed for lunch through paypal (granted, Revolut I am used to is not great either, waiting for Wero to take off).
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@rhelune @borisentiu I didn't know that PayPal was so dominant there. People keep recommending Revolut to me but I am trying to shed apps so I don't want new ones. Cash and card is fine when I'm travelling, although it's frustrating in somewhere like London where they've normalised refusing cash and you end up paying a conversion fee for using a credit card for some small purchase.
@CiaraNi @borisentiu I only have Revolut virtual card in my Google Pay and I transfer small amounts to my Revolut account. I am testing GrapheneOS on another phone, and Google Pay does not work on it, so I will have to switch to Curve Pay (honestly my health insurance app not working on GrapheneOS is the biggest obstacle to switching completely).
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@CiaraNi @borisentiu I only have Revolut virtual card in my Google Pay and I transfer small amounts to my Revolut account. I am testing GrapheneOS on another phone, and Google Pay does not work on it, so I will have to switch to Curve Pay (honestly my health insurance app not working on GrapheneOS is the biggest obstacle to switching completely).
@rhelune @borisentiu It all got so complicated, didn't it.
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