If you need your id to access internet: not use it anymore, selfhosting go brrr
If you need your id for all content-sharing websites like social media or microblogging: return back to good ol webrings and static websites. Can’t kill the web on its core principles. No algorithms, pure passion and creativity.
There’s a million porn sites hosted in third world countries that don’t give a fuck about any of this
Happy cake day, Jimmycakes! 🍰
Wait for the internet to fracture. There could end up being multiple internets… you could argue it is already that way to some degree.
Touch Grass maybe
Honestly, back off. The more tech literate I get, the less tech I want in my life.
This is exactly how I feel too! As a “cloud engineer” (even the titles are pointless) the last thing I want to do is to have anything to do with tech whatsoever, even if I like my job
Save £24 a month more than I do now
Self host even more… Use Gemini even more
Thank you so much for this. It opened me to a whole new world! <3 I think we need to spread the knowledge about this more.
I’m so glad you’re enjoying it! 😁
Using gemini makes me feel like I’m in the 90’s again just discovering the internet. It’s such a nice feeling using it, its like you’re interacting with people again rather than applications
Gemini?
You will need a new browser like lagrange
the first few very interesting “capsules” I found are:
gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/capcom/gemini://midnight.pub/A simple Web-like hypertext system without styles and scripts. The protocol can be implemented in two days by a complete idiot (I have my own Gemini viewer, I may not be terribly proud of it, but I like it).
Is this like Gopher?
Yes, but with modern technologies where easily done. TLS, markdown-like markup, MIME, prompts for input.
Interesting, I’ll check it out
I will leave the internet and seek alternatives.
Gopher and I2P as well
The commercial web that I use that might require ID would be for payment processing etc. My bank knows how old I am. I can and will pay bills directly through my bank instead of using their portal. Or they can explain to me in writing why they don’t want to take my payment. Just about everything else is optional.
Yeah, I’ll be fine without the internet.
Use waifuAI to upscale my old p0rn collection sleeping deep inside that odly named directory for 20 years and think about the good old time of emule and razorback.
It would be funny if someone changed his name to someting like Jack Blow Job and upload id and started leaving comments on the whole “family friendly” Internet under this name 😂
Stop using any sites that require ID.
Ditto. Also:
- Try to use Memoji to make fake ID
- Go to the mall =O
- Go to the library
- Go to the brick and mortar places I used to visit before getting everything online (eg. bank, fam owned businesses)
- Talk to people instead of AI (going to practice that this weekend)
- Go for a walk outside instead of updating the firmware on treadmill
- Buy stamps! (and stationery, mo more ecards or evites)
- Learn to plant food in addition to flowers
- Use iPhone to make phone calls
- Maybe buy a newspaper… maybe
- Use my cookbooks more (after I dust them off)
- Think of a new name/alias(es) for myself and start acting the part
…just to name a few.
Buy stamps!
Postcrossing is really cool. You send and recieve post cards across the globe!
That’s awesome, SomeAmateur! I used to love sending postcards when I was younger, can’t believe I never heard of it. Thank ypu!
In case somebody’s curious, here’s a link to the Postcrossing website.
Yeah no prob I’ve had tons of fun with it over the years and I hope you enjoy it too!
Don’t use iPhonem use Fairphone with /e/OS or any dump phone, even an old Nokia which for sure still works, and only for calls.
Use the I2P network
Fairphone is expensive. You can get a used Motorola G7 Power and flash /e/ on it, if you like. Just need to find one is OEM unlocked, or know how to unlock it yourself.
Not so expensive on long term and anyway cheaper than a iPhone with similar specs, the advantage of Fairphone is, it’s modular, you can substitute or fix easy everything in the phone by yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1UJ5k3yMvA
If you use Murena mail, Murena (e-Foundation) is a EU Cloud provider (OpenSource, selfhostable, encrypted, no-knowledge, green energy) and author of /e/OS and NextCloud, apart asociated with FairPhone, you can buy it there (Murena Phone) with /e/OS by default. It’s by far the best alternative of GDrive, made in the EU.
Murena Workspace
Powered by OnlyOffice 🤮
Only Office is an OpenSource and encrypted online office suite, made in the EU. You can even selfhost it. Full compatible with files from MS Office. But if you know better online Office suites, use it. It’s very valid that Murena use it.
It’s slow and prone to crashing. The formatting makes the documents not compatible with other clients half the time. I have lost way too many documents due to corruption when saving (both on third party hosts and selfhosting). I’m absolutely done with that junk. Or, I’d like to be, but any alternative has dropped their own efforts in favor of just setting up an OnlyOffice, basically making them one of the very few open source options out there now in terms of web based office clients.
I’ve been seriously thinking about going back to Nokia. De-googled a few years ago, stopped using iCloud and switched to cross-platform and open-source software.
Currently, the Murena Fairphone 4 is the only one you can use in the US (Fairphone doesn’t directly deal with US customers) and incompatible with Verizon and AT&T. They recommend T-Mobile for US coverage.
Also heard about Cape here on a Lemmy post But Fairphone is “not eligible yet”.
This is the old Nokia 3650 that’s in my drawer. I loved it! Then AT&T made me upgrade because they were no longer supporting the old networks.
Thank you, Zerush! It’s nice to know that someone else thinks the same way.
Nice name ;-)
Thank you, so is yours! Nice to meet you, “It”.
Nice to meet you too, “That”!
Honestly, this makes me happy to hear. I wish I could meet people and make friends like I used to before everything got enshittified.
Use only services that don’t require ID and laugh at the people who do and say I told you so.
Edit: I see myself more and more turning to the tor network and hidden services for daily usage.
