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I made this last month off the back of being manipulated by the algorithms once again. I'm so utterly sick of being watched and manipulated every second of my life by companies that just want my money or my data. I cut off spotify about 3 weeks ago and have sorta fixed my relationship with music. I actually value what I listen to and am willing to buy entire albums from artists now.
Unfortunately in the modern day, escaping google is nearly impossible.
As a VR enthusiast, I also have the misfortune of being monitored by Meta every time I just wanna play Blade and Sorcery or go bounty hunting in Elite Dangerous.
I'm so sick of these companies. I'm not your cash cow. I am a human being. Now I'm here. You did this.
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missnarcissist
put your phone away in a place that's hard to reach (im talking u need a ladder to get it) and then make it even harder by putting said ladder at the other end of the house. only pull ur phone/all ur tech out when you need it like if ur going outside and need to stay in contact w people or if u need to call someone. that's the only thing that helped its put my screen time from 12 hrs to like 3. im trying to get a flip phone so I remove the smart phone in general but I havent been able to get one yet. also get an mp3 player and like disassemble the things that you use a phone for and start using them separate like buy a clock or a notebook
Oh yeah totally agree. These are methods everyone should try if they want to get away from the algorithms. For my, I've already done a handful of these things. A few years ago I got a smartwatch to supplement my phone on multiple fronts. It lets me set reminders, timers and check notifications all without even picking up my phone. I know its harvesting my health data and that sucks but it has genuinely made it easier to stop touching my phone. I mostly use it for mobile browsing and music anymore. Unfortunately this doesnt really stop my data being harvested elsewhere though I'm working on that. Like I said, I cut off spotify last month and this month I switched to linux mint on my pc.
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