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Posted on 01/24/2021 4:57:37 PM PST by FLT-bird

I deleted my Facebook profile (even though I had hardly used it in years).

Last week I cancelled my YouTube TV.

I just switched away from AT&T for my smart phone.

This phone is the last Apple product I will ever buy.

I already used DuckDuckGo instead of Google.

I deleted Safari and Mozilla and switched to Brave.

I didn't ever buy much from them but now I've deleted my Amazon account entirely.

After finding out the owner is a Leftist, I've bought my last coffee from Black Rifle Coffee.

I closed my Bank of America account a year ago when they came out as anti gun.

I switched away from Turbo Tax about a year ago when they came out as anti gun.

I'm currently looking for a good alternative to paypal.

I have not been shy about telling any of these companies that going woke has costs. Have you started purging Leftist companies from those you buy from?


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After the election and seeing how certain corporations have acted, I decided to de-platform my enemies from my wallet.

Are you giving any money to America hating Leftists?

1 posted on 01/24/2021 4:57:37 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird

I’ve never really platformed to begin with.


2 posted on 01/24/2021 5:00:37 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: FLT-bird

Done some, like switching to Brave.

In the process of taking care of others.

Don’t do social media and have never had cable TV, so can’t cancel them.


3 posted on 01/24/2021 5:04:13 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: FLT-bird

Both my husband and I deleted our Facebook accounts.


4 posted on 01/24/2021 5:05:39 PM PST by navymom1
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To: FLT-bird

Working on it. Cut Amazon across the board. Cutting or minimizing as much big tech and lefty corporations as I can. This is the only way. It’s nearly impossible to cut everything but we can severely cut back.


5 posted on 01/24/2021 5:05:46 PM PST by ilgipper (The mob only destroys. Never creates. )
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To: FLT-bird

Get VPN and install it on your wifi router so all your devices are protected by encrytpion.

I have found that am ASUSWRT router is easier to configure with a VPN than a dd-wrt router.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=asuswrt&t=brave&ia=web


6 posted on 01/24/2021 5:06:18 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far more danger from an authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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I have not used fb in years but should delete my acct.wasn’t very much into other social media either. I have credit cards with local banks already. I agree with you, people need to take action and not just talk of avoiding business that supports the Left and mostly evil agenda of Dems


7 posted on 01/24/2021 5:06:34 PM PST by b4me (Repeated lies does Not equal TRUTH. )
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Twitter, Facebook, YouTube. Closed/deleted all of my accounts. Feels like freedom!


8 posted on 01/24/2021 5:07:24 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: FLT-bird

Letting my Sling subscription with Fox News expire at the end of the month.

Cancelled Amazon Prime.

Deleting my Gmail account.


9 posted on 01/24/2021 5:08:14 PM PST by conservative98
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I dumped Twitter, Amazon, Linked In and Google, last week, ... FarceBook 4 years ago, and I scrubbed everything before I left.


10 posted on 01/24/2021 5:10:04 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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Amazon prime is gone.

Nexflix is gone.

Never did twitter, Instagram.

I stay on facebook to troll the censors

The only time I buy from Target or HEB is when the item is a loses leader and the store loses money.

I don’t use coke or pepsi products.

I have an LG phone that is fairly well google free.

I refuse to purchase a car made by the UAW

The maps used by the car GPS are coutesty of Mazda not google.

No apple products.

Replaced Windows 10 with Unbuntu.

I still use Youtube because I feel it is less censorious than Comcast.

I don’t use the Houston Public Library


11 posted on 01/24/2021 5:11:01 PM PST by Fai Mao (Biden is a pedophile, Kamala is a #%¥π.)
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To: FLT-bird
Already deleted my twitter and facebook. Never used Amazon, never will. My mozilla browser, gmail, and youtube are all free...

...OK, I think I just had a ephiphany.

I need a 12 step program and support group to get off google, mozilla, and youtube. Any advice?

12 posted on 01/24/2021 5:14:22 PM PST by Widget Jr
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Good post, an online check-list needs to be created. A How-To list for ditching toxic social media and corps.


13 posted on 01/24/2021 5:17:55 PM PST by ghost.of.patton (May God have mercy on my enemies, because I sure as hell wont. ~GSP)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I signed up for Nord VPN this past week and now have it installed on my phone and laptop.

I also need to get a Protonmail email address. I’ll take care of that this week. Part of it is punishing enemies....which feels great. Part of it is also doing much more to protect my privacy.


14 posted on 01/24/2021 5:18:37 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: Fai Mao

Stallman, now there’s a commie and a psycho. Sadly, Microshaft and Apple have caught up to him.


15 posted on 01/24/2021 5:22:45 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Widget Jr

Brave is free so it won’t cost you anything to delete Mozilla. They even have a very simple single button you can push to import all of your Mozilla bookmarks.

Instead of Google, use DuckDuckGo. Also, get a Protonmail account instead of gmail.

Youtube.....that’s still Google. That one is tough because neither Bitchute nor Rumble have much up yet. YouTube is also the only one that has an App for my TV. So I do still watch a lot of things on YouTube but I at least dropped by YouTube TV subscription.

Like you, I’m also still working on rooting out all the Leftist companies I do business with. It may take a little time but I will to keep going until I have good alternatives.


16 posted on 01/24/2021 5:24:06 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: Fai Mao

Maybe you know this. When I buy my next phone, I want something that does not run Apple or Android (Google) software. What other good choices are there?

LG? Samsung?


17 posted on 01/24/2021 5:25:55 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: ghost.of.patton

2ndvote.com is a good source.

Instead of PayPal try Venmo?

Instead of Amazon order from the sellers directly. If you must Amazon use Amazon.com/smile and designate a good charity.

Instead of go fund me use givesendgo

We know the alternatives to Facebook, Twitter.


18 posted on 01/24/2021 5:28:05 PM PST by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen )
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put the UAW out of business

do not buy a new pickup truck


19 posted on 01/24/2021 5:30:11 PM PST by RockyTx
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To: navymom1

One of my younger sisters and I haven’t spoken in four years. She’s a die hard Democrat. I tried mending fences but she’s not having any of it.

Now I know how they felt in 1861.


20 posted on 01/24/2021 5:34:18 PM PST by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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