It feels like everything that exists these days is to drain money from me. Tourism is out of control. I don’t even want to travel anymore. Video games, kids sports, eating out… It’s all overly expensive just because they can.
It’s frustrating.
It feels like everything that exists these days is to drain money from me. Tourism is out of control. I don’t even want to travel anymore. Video games, kids sports, eating out… It’s all overly expensive just because they can.
It’s frustrating.
I feel so similarly. It feels so insidious and normalised. I’ve been engaging more with anti-consumerist, minimalist, repair and mend etc. spaces online, and that’s helped me feel more hopeful. There are like-minded people out there! My latest obsession has been moving away from big tech because I’m fed up with having my privacy invaded just so I can be sold more useless crap.
Same. Excited to start moving to my own media server. Cancelled a lot of subscriptions and simply not bothering with a lot of stuff.
Gonna invest in an old iPod for the car.
I read a post here of a guy who was working through getting people to remove his details. I have started doing that to anyone who annoys me with sales emails. It’s just a copy and paste for me. But It takes their time to respond and confirm they have removed my details. I sound so petty 🤣
I just bought a Innioasis Y1 DAP. It was like $40 and has few more features than an old iPod. Like Bluetooth, FLAC capabilities, USB-C, 128 GB and customizability. Just an idea.
Also Jellyfin is a miracle.
Oh you inspire me on that last point! I’m now off Instagram because the ratio of grift/ads to friend/following content is a joke. I’ve been off Twitter for ages now, and barely access Reddit either.
I’ve started (but not finished!) my own media server. I have just set up a pi-hole though and it’s pretty great for avoiding internet advert slop on mobile (and other non-desktop devices).