Good morning Fedi friends and happy #DiDay (aka #DigitalIndependenceDay) – an event on the first Sunday of each month that aims to spread awareness about alternatives to #BigTech platforms and educates people on how to make the switch.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@kbradnam yes yes but I took the opportunity to remind people about #VivaldiBrowser because it has a built in system to block trackers and ads (when you first set it up) and its creators have been very vocal about being anti-AI / never wanting to add any AI features

#NoAI

[gilraen79@mastodon.social]

@_elena @Vivaldi I have nothing specific planned for today, but I have a list of things I have planned for the next month. I try to do small things every day, and celebrate my DIDay looking back at what I have accomplished

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@gilraen79 Bravissima - that's the spirit!

[gilraen79@mastodon.social]

@_elena hopefully next month I can finally delete my FB account

[kbradnam@hachyderm.io]

@_elena Ah. Good point!

[blupblup24@mastodon.social]

@_elena I recently set up a self-hosted Immich instance and will finally complete the switch from Google Photos today

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@blupblup24 amazing!!!

[gdjp@mastodon.sdf.org]

@_elena @Vivaldi Thank-you for sharing this resource. It has inspired me to return to OsmAnd maps. I used OsmAnd many years ago, but it drained my cellphone battery. I will try it again.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@gdjp yay! Let me know how it goes

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@gilraen79 I deactivated mine in January 2017 and never looked back

[kasperd@westergaard.social]

I still have a lot of friends there who haven't migrated yet. I would be happy to ditch the platform, but I don't want to ditch all of my friends.