It makes alot of sense.

I’m actively trying to limit my reliance on US technology, and while I appreciate Signal is a US organisation I’m going to have to make compromises and adopt a “least bad” mentality

Thanks for the detailed reply, will do as only a couple of mates have adopted it anyway and they’re double bagging with WhatsApp anyway

Oops, I didn’t realise. I’d not fully adopted so will pivot. Ta

I use Telegram, like betamax have I backed the wrong horse?

Got you, sorry to come across preachy. It’s probably more that I missed your $30/month point which I guess means to lease a shit box.

Naturally only works if it works but 3yrs back I moved to a electric moped and the savings have been insane. I feel better about hiring a car/grabbing a taxi/being fleeced by the train companies once in a while

Why wouldn’t you just buy an EV from a different brand? All the benefits you describe are of an EV, not a Tesla

I feel bad that as consumers at best we label all under Trump’s banner, at worst we don’t have the ability to punish only the red states like government tariffs can do

Stay strong

Yup, me too. By coincidence I’ve moved from us platform to an non-us one so that nice too.

The idea isn’t to eliminate all spend, it’s the low hanging fruit and then go from there. I’m seeing it as a game with badges to collect!!