decentralizing tech

emily

emily

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recently I started decentralizing my tech so not everything I do is on an only device with age verification requirements.

Do I want to play so basic video games, play my offline Nintendo DS lite (which I got for 55$ which is honestly kinda of unreal when you look at how much consoles now a days cost.

When I want to check the time look at my offline digital alarm clock or a watch.

Want to track my steps, an offline physical pedo monitor.

Take some pictures with an at least full HD capable digital camera.

or even get a DVD player, portable or stationary (it plugs into the tv/monitor) to decentralise your streaming dependency and use libraries to get a good number of current day movies or classics for free (legally and without ads interrupting your movie halfway in by default with no work on your part)

Why this is important to think about.

When tech these days is dominated by Google and apple, any opportunity you can get to decentralize that dependency is a recommended step. Not only that but anything that is 100% offline will never be able to force you to verify your age so atleast when your os blocks you you can safely delay your verification if your actual tech is decentralized.

What do you all think about the idea of decentralizing your tech?
 
Pretty interesting idea. I must admit I'm so used to using my Android phone in place of basic appliances like alarm clocks or watches that I've never considered buying offline replacements.

I essentially live on my main PC, and I'm already moving away from most digital or cloud services offered by the larger tech companies, though I can't pry myself off of YouTube. I listen to a lot of music; perhaps I'll look into getting an offline media player that plays FLAC.

For my own purposes, getting a small digital clock or watch should be enough. I own plenty of retro games and consoles. All of my computers now run on Linux. I've been considering installing Graphene OS on my phone as well.
 
If you don't want to go back to like DVD players for media, getting a separate offline media server dedicated device (that only does that thing) or maybe with limited online features for seem less video file transfers. The idea of it is that you have a device that can't be touched by apple or Microsoft or Google by being an offline device, or at the least untouched by forced updates.

Having one dedicated media server PC which is controlled by anyone but Google, or Microsoft, apple would technically be a decentralized piece of tech in the modern world. However where things might happen to run into issues here would be if you're needing to rely on Google platforms for your media content. While Youtube video download might or might not still work today there is always that investor pressure on Google to make it more and more difficult for users to do that.

If there are mp3 players like devices that can play flac music files that is something I would recommend getting because music is cheap in general can you imagine either being locked out of your pricey phone (particularly age verification but could also be a terms of service issue) or it just doesn't work as well (screen cracked) and not being able to play your music untill you spend another 100 to $1000 on a new phone.
 
That's a cool idea :0
I have been using more my mp3 and a cheap chinese watch that does not use wifi to track my steps but in my case is to reduce my screen time and phone dependency
 
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