# Is it worth taking all the effort and struggle with the privacy friendly apps if I am using Apple devices?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/is-it-worth-taking-all-the-effort-and-struggle-with-the-privacy-friendly-apps-if-i-am-using-apple-devices/15909
**Category:** Questions
**Tags:** software
**Created:** 2023-12-29T11:10:27Z
**Posts:** 36
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## Post 3 by @anon58739604 — 2023-12-30T03:17:37Z

I know how you feel, this is called a burnout.

I don’t know what your threat model is, but if you trust Apple by all means use it.

But I still think looking into alternatives is a good thing, but you don’t always need to replace what you have if it works.

BTW, have you looked into digital minimalism? I don’t know your needs but this helped me a lot with my personal burnout. For example, for notes you could just use a notebook and for cloud backups use hard drives. It could also benefit your privacy.

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