I find it hard to leave reddit all together just because of the historical knowledge and the actual presence of niche communities. I wish people wouldnt flip out about choosing a server when signing up for lemmy. They act like you have to have a computer science degree to make the switch.

Because at least in America, we’re all just temporarily embarrassed billionaires. We’ve had a lifetime of brainwashing and conditioning to act against our own self interest.

There’s an asteroid that MIGHT hit earth in 2032, so we can look forward to that ( it’s only at a 2.2% right now).

That’s the thing, you’ll have to de Google your entire life, which is really involved and tedious , especially if you want free alternatives. Not saying it’s impossible, but you’re talking about ditching a lot of services. Realistically, there aren’t good alternatives to YouTube and some other services. I know people will try to pitch fediverse alternatives. While promising, the problem is that the historical content that is really useful just isn’t there. Additionally, it fails in comparison in terms the amount of content offered. It sucks to see Google bend the knee so easily.