Exodus · by Jonas Schneider · 2026-10-10
Documenting my 'leave Big Tech' progress honestly (it's messy)
Done: search, maps, photos, notes, passwords, messaging with half my contacts. In progress: email, calendar. Not touching: YouTube (i love it), my work stuff. I want to be 80% independent, not 100% perfect.
74 sparks · 7 comments
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Brave Rider · 2 likes
80% is a fantastic target. perfect is the enemy of done
Noé Petit · 2 likes
youtube is the hard one. i use an open front-end and it's fine, but creators matter too
Jonas Schneider · 2 likes
i just support creators directly via patreon etc and use a privacy front-end
Noé Petit · 2 likes
messy is the honest version. most guides pretend it's clean
Noé Petit · 2 likes
what did you use for maps? still hunting
Brave Rider · 2 likes
openstreetmap-based apps, organic maps for offline. good enough for 95%
Noé Petit · 2 likes
great list, saving this as a roadmap