The negative nihilism of the video favors surveillance capitalism. These companies surely have a fairly accurate profile of me, but I do it as a matter of principle, to support ethical projects and to keep my most private data (documents, photos, chats with important people in my life) end-to-end encrypted.
This exactly is the kind of demoralizing video, I would be willing to pay influencers for as surveillance capitalism company. Title right off asks the wrong question: Not everything is black and white. It is about the small steps everybody can take at their own pace to improve digital privacy.
At least this guy is constant in his statement (“Might as well give up, right?”) by promoting his gaming chair as Amazon affiliate link. ![]()
Well I have either degoogle enough or his surveillance overlords are not doing their jobs, because I’ve never heard of him.
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Look, y’all, we can’t save everyone.
And as much as this video both says “it’s hard!” and then does the bare minimum, shouting “do this, not this!” for things that require maintenance and not everyone is up for, like “just self-host your files!” it does a poor job answering its own question.
On top of the fact that it presents any De-Googling attempt as equated to never being online every again and being a ghost that lives in the woods. It’s frustrating how the middle ground of simply having agency over one’s own digital life isn’t seen as a valid goal.