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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.

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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