So, I swapped to SoundCloud from any other platform, because other platfroms suck and on SoundCloud I get more art made by humans rather than corporate slop, or at least that’s my goal. I’m not big on music, so I’m fresh in the platform, but it’s easier for me to find anything new than it was before, and I hate the “same old”.
I also got Droidify to replace the apps I can with non-corporate, as Google started pushing their ads in all the default apps they provide (I wish that was illegal - fuck the fucking ads in the gallery app).
I wanted to delete Linkedin, but I found myself forced to use it, as I am job seeking, and it’s sadly the best platform for job offers (still bad, but job websites are fucking terrible). I wish it had an option to opt out of the social media part.
I moved to Proton, but that was a while ago. Outlook and Gmail suck.
I also swapped to Firefox a while ago after using Vivaldi, because fuck Google.
I am personally not a privacy oriented person, but the way big corpos are moving to major enshittification due to acknowledging own market domination is stark. I also don’t like corpo slop (e.g. music), so I appreciate being able to find man-made art.
And on that topic, I abadonned Google search for Ecosia, because fuck Google’s AI bullshit.
My de-corpoing is a very loosely applied term, as you see.
Oh, and obviously I abadonned Reddit a while ago.
I like SoundCloud for my trap fix, but I find the ads annoying and I’m on iOS so no FOSS alternatives or reliable cracks.
Are you getting the thing where you can’t seek around in a soundcloud file anymore? When I try it asks me to log in.
Really sucks for podcasts when you’re half way through and the browser crashes or something.
I have an account with it so I never experienced that. It wouldn’t surprise me if they did demand it
I haven’t had a single ad yet. I didn’t even know there were any. 😅