tech corps make money off u for free sellin ur data!!! heres some alternatives !!

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windows	linux mint/ winaero tweaker to disable telemetry
google	searx, brave search, duckduckgo
chrome	brave, firefox w/ telemetry off, librewolf
extensions	ublock origin (adblock), decentralize
gmail	protonmail
msoffice365	libreoffice
vscode	vscodium, neovim
github	codeberg (personal projects)
twitter/threads	bsky, mastodon
youtube	indivious,odysee,peertube (these have yet to rly take off so i stil use yt)
social media	newgrounds / neocities

other stuff:

• microsoft's software is malware
  
• click to learn abt the fediverse!
  
• custom frontend to browser with firefox userchrome.css