~~New Balance~~ Le Coc Sportif and Puma

~~Apple MacBook Pro~~ Tuxedo Computers Infinity Book Pro

~~Apple iPhone 15~~ used! Google Pixel 6 with Graphene OS

~~iCloud~~ selfhosted Nextcloud, Immich

~~Cloudflare Tunnels~~ selfhosted Pangolin on Infomaniak VPS

~~US Streaming Services~~ selfhosted Jellyfin + Usenet/Torrents (not paying for fascist supporting companies like Disney, my ancestors flew from the Nazis and fought fascism)

I moved my Wordpress host from some US host to hosthero and changed the domain from reannlegge.com to reannlegge.ca.

I have an unlimited email address package with my domain so I can create new email addresses for every thing, I get next to no spam but when I do get spam I can close the email address.

I moved my passwords from Apple to 1password.

I moved my cloud storage away from Apple to stormweb.

I use the app Unwatched to watch YouTube it blocks ads.

I use ecosia instead of Google, sure it currently is just a skin on Google but I believe they are going to be changing their agent sooner or later.

I canceled my cable (for sports) and just got TSN streaming.

I cancelled all the streaming services and replaced it with the *arr apps, and CBC gem.

Most of my food products are Canadian.

I stopped using Reddit and replaced it with Lemmy.

~~Melitta coffee filters~~ Technivorm

Neither are American companies, but Melitta manufactures theirs in the US.

I was mostly de-Americanized already (I've been distancing myself from the USA and US products since 1999), but this year has me completely de-Americanized. The only American product I use is the Android that's in my phone, but that's still out of reach of Google because it's not an American phone. (And when I get a new phone it will be HarmonyOS based likely, not Android. I'm just not going to throw away a functioning phone after the horse has run out the barn.)

The last item I ditched was Coke Zero which I was drinking from habit without thinking. Someone pointed out that it was American, I stared at it and realized that I'd screwed up, so found a really nice iced tea to replace it.

Windows 10 -> Linux:

• I really dodged a bullet not using Windows 11 ... is what I would say but just after switching I was told I have access to a free year of updates for Windows 10.
• Linux has not been smooth sailing but it's been manageable, still trying to find a distro that's secure, stable, and simple.
• I also had to try to teach someone Windows 11 recently which went about as well as you'd expect.

American candy -> Local candy:

• Less candy = more health and more money. Overall a complete victory.

Microsoft Outlook to Proton Mail:

• I CAN FINALLY ENABLE 2FA.

iOS (10 years old) to GrapheneOS (on a used phone):

• I CAN NO LONGER ENABLE 2FA (on my government services, Proton Mail works fine).
• For once I feel actually good about my phone rather than begrudgingly tolerate it.

Bluesky to anonymous frontend:

• Less Twitter arguments.

American streaming services to foreign services:

• Less stuff to watch means I'm less overwhelmed by choice.