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Bezos deletes 'LGBTQ+ rights' and 'equity for Black people' from Amazon policies
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Just last night I was going through all my subscribe and save items and finding alternatives. I stored them in a spreadsheet (LibreOffice). My last order is already in motion and once delivered that's it. Amazon is gone.
Other changes I've made or am in the process of making:
Where I'm stuck and looking for help: What do I do for my next phone? Android and Apple are both at the table supporting this mess. Linux alternatives seem like huge downgrades at the moment... any advice?
I have been thinking about getting a Murena Fairphone.
Wow - that looks like a very solid option!! I'm very interested... this may be my next phone! Thank you so much!
Why not Mastodon?
Groups I follow are on BlueSky -- happy to check out Mastodon as well though.
GrapheneOS
Anything samsung galaxy phones? I got a later model and don't know if I can get anything other than the stock program.
to my knowledge there's not a lot available for samsung hardware at the moment, maybe check out sailfish?
Is there a reason to choose Graphene vs Lineage (or any others I may not know about)?
I don't have any experience with Lineage so I don't want to speak to it. May just be hardware dependent in a lot of cases. I had a pixel when I got sick of googles shit and Graphene was the only option for me, so that's what I sprung for. The experience has been very positive - installation was easy - the fresh start was welcome.
I've closed almost every account as well. I like Bluesky and PixelFed so far. As far as phones go, I'm just going to keep my same Android for now. It's old and I will not upgrade until I have to. I use fdroid for everything. I though of switching to Apple, but as you said, they are kissing the ring too. Sad times.
With android you can avoid the google play store so they don't get a cut of ad revenue. I don't know whether Google gets a cut of phones they didn't manufacture just because Android is on it, considering Android is open source and the manufacturers are responsible for updates.
I'm using f-droid now. A quick search shows Google makes money via play store and having some of their apps as default (to sell ads) -- so maybe that will still work for me. I'll dig in further. Thank you!
Get a 10 usd phone, like the old ones?
Are there any that will allow me to still text with my friends and family on Signal?
Just send an SMS, it's not the end of the world
Alternatively, the next usual Lemmy suggestion is too isolate yourself and lose those friends
People with social media don't realize, they've already lost those friends. You're keeping up with them superficially at best. If you quit the platform, chances are you will not notice that you're no longer so superficially keeping up with them, you will not hear from them, and they will not notice either. Anyone that you actually want to keep in touch with, you can send a message through text, or call.
Vast majority of my friends are communicating via Signal. So far the best option looks to be to use/install a version of android that cuts out the google stuff. F-droid for apps to avoid $ from play store while also avoiding $ from ads.
maybe it helps your conscience but it's not going to affect any of these massive corporations. it won't make a dent in their revenue and they will go on oblivious to your 'protest'. if you want to make a difference, the only way is [redacted]. when are ya'll gonna figure this out?
If enough people do this, it will certainly make a dent exactly where they don't want it to. I may be wrong, but I do believe it's possible to reach critical mass. With that said, it also helps my conscience at the same time. I won't comment on the other part other than it's already been figured out and demonstrated. Best I'm willing to do personally is voting with my wallet.
That would imply that the republicans were right the entire time with their weapons zealotry
you need to see big picture. it's not republicans that got shit done with weapons, it's how 96% of human history was decided. this time is no different.