{"id":22127,"date":"2026-02-26T10:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/leave-big-tech-behind-how-to-replace-amazon-google-x-meta-apple-and-more\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:37:17","slug":"leave-big-tech-behind-how-to-replace-amazon-google-x-meta-apple-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/leave-big-tech-behind-how-to-replace-amazon-google-x-meta-apple-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple \u2013 and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical \u2013 and often distinctively European \u2013 alternatives<\/p>\n

There\u2019s not much to love about big tech these days. So many ills can be laid at its door: social media harms<\/a>, misinformation, polarisation, mining and misuse of personal data, environmental negligence, tax avoidance, the list goes on. Added to which, Silicon Valley\u2019s leaders seem all too keen to cosy up to the Trump administration, to shower the president with bribes \u2013 sorry, gifts \u2013 and remain silent about his worsening political overreach. And that\u2019s before we get to the rampant \u201censhittification<\/a>\u201d, as the tech writer Cory Doctorow<\/a> describes it, which means that by design many big tech products have become less useful and more extractive than they were when we originally signed up to them.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve entered into a Faustian pact with these companies: \u201cWhile it\u2019s brilliant to have access to high-quality products and software, very often for \u2018free\u2019, it\u2019s important to remember that there is a trade-off involved \u2013 often of our personal data and privacy,\u201d says Lisa Barber, tech editor at Which? We give these companies our attention and our information, which they then turn into big bucks and apparently unassailable monopolies.<\/p>\n

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\nA handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical \u2013 and often distinctively European \u2013 alternatives
\nThere\u2019s not much to love about big tech these days. So many ills can be laid at its door: social media harms, misinformation, polarisation, mining and misuse of personal data, environmental negligence, tax avoidance, the list goes on. Added to which, Silicon Valley\u2019s leaders seem all too keen to cosy up to the Trump administration, to shower the president with bribes \u2013 sorry, gifts \u2013 and remain silent about his worsening political overreach. And that\u2019s before we get to the rampant \u201censhittification\u201d, as the tech writer Cory Doctorow describes it, which means that by design many big tech products have become less useful and more extractive than they were when we originally signed up to them.
\nWe\u2019ve entered into a Faustian pact with these companies: \u201cWhile it\u2019s brilliant to have access to high-quality products and software, very often for \u2018free\u2019, it\u2019s important to remember that there is a trade-off involved \u2013 often of our personal data and privacy,\u201d says Lisa Barber, tech editor at Which? We give these companies our attention and our information, which they then turn into big bucks and apparently unassailable monopolies. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical \u2013 and often distinctively European \u2013 alternatives There\u2019s not much to love about big tech these days. So many ills can be laid at its door: social media harms, misinformation, polarisation, mining and misuse of personal …<\/p>\n

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