The end result may be similar, but the modus operandi is different. The author frames the situation as "us vs. them". I don't do that. I have strong opinions t

The end result may be similar, but the modus operandi is different. The author frames the situation as "us vs. them". I don't do that. I have strong opinions too, but I don't act with despise or a hatred towards these entities. I have seen the small web, and rise of web 2.0. So, it's just a progressive "I'll do this the old way" process for me. What opened the floodgates for me was registering a domain. After getting it, I was able to put more and more of my life under it. My webpage, blog, other invisible infrastructure which improves my life started to move under it, yet I take a pragmatic approach. I'm a sysadmin and developer by trade, and I don't want a dozen more servers to manage, so I don't self-host everything myself, but use small/minimalist services which allows me to use my own domain. Also, I'm not shy of sharing albums over Google Photos for example, because it's convenient for the recipients of the said albums. We're living in a social world, and I think balancing social aspects with personal choices is wise. Because while I don't prefer bigger corporations, it doesn't give me the right to make other people's life harder. Life is already hard as it is. You can see the balance from the links in my homepage: https://www.bayindirh.io https://www.bayindirh.io