I cancelled my Netflix and Spotify subscriptions long ago after content would get taken down for whatever reason. This reminded me that I’m only renting the content from these services; I don’t actually own them.
Fast forward to now, I selfhost a Jellyfin server and pirate all the content I want. Feels good to have total control and ownership over my music and movie collection.
There is no certainty in flesh except death.
I think a good first step is to use free and open-source, non-profit alternatives (Firefox, Lemmy, Mastodon, Matrix, etc). The next is to help grow these technologies by contributing to their development. You can contribute by fixing bugs, translating text, or just donating money.
It will take a while for most people but try to DeGoogle, DeMicrosoft, and DeApple your life. It’s quite liberating to not be tied to any of these company’s DRM, policies or rules.
For my website, I went with my two favourites: Ubuntu for sans-serif and Cascadia Code for monospace. I think it’s a good combination. 🙂