About DitchTheMega

What this is

A free, practical guide to extracting yourself from Big Tech ecosystems: Amazon, Google, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft. Not a boycott manifesto. Not a moral lecture. A practical guide that assumes you've already decided to reduce your dependence and need to know how.

You've decided to leave. Here's the map.

What this isn't

This site doesn't tell you why to leave. There are a hundred articles and documentaries for that. This site tells you how — service by service, company by company, with real alternatives and honest assessments of what you gain and what you lose. Including the things Big Tech does genuinely well that no single alternative matches.

What we cover

• Amazon — Prime, Kindle, Audible, Alexa, Ring, Photos, Pharmacy, and more
• Google — Gmail, Search, Maps, YouTube, Photos, Android
• Apple — iCloud, iTunes purchases, App Store, iMessage, hardware migration
• Meta — Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads
• Microsoft — Windows, Microsoft 365, LinkedIn, OneDrive, Xbox
• Alternatives — email, cloud storage, browsers, messaging, password managers, VPN, and more
• Secure Home Automation — leaving Alexa and Google Home for a local-first setup

Principles

• No data collection. We don't track you. We don't have analytics. We don't use cookies.
• No paid recommendations. No company pays to be listed. Recommendations exist because they're good.
• Honest about tradeoffs. Every company guide has a "what you genuinely lose" section. Big Tech does some things well. We say so.
• Open to corrections. Something wrong or out of date? Corrections and improvements are welcome — see our principles.

Part of a portfolio

DitchTheMega is part of a small set of data sovereignty tools:

• CancelFreely — cancel any subscription, step by step.
• DeleteFreely — delete your data from major companies.
• DitchTheMega — leave the most entrenched ecosystems.

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