A friend of mine once said: “If someplace is difficult to leave, it’s a good sign to get out of there as soon as possible.”
We were discussing a topic unrelated to tech at the time being, but it looks reasonable to have a similar approach for tech.
Think about it: certain companies are very much interested in people to keep using their services at all costs. Thus, all the complications for data migration and changing platforms. They want to lock a user in their system to prevent them from moving anywhere and to make sure their money will be spent on their platform.
Sometimes, it comes with benefits from the platform owner, but lately, such benefits are questionable: after all, we only need as much convenience and instant file transfers, and after a certain point, it gets irrelevant.
This post describes my platform independence strategy for 2024. I started using it years later, and so far, it serves me well.
The idea is to have digital independence, which, while not 100% possible at this point, is a good idea to strive for.
Mobile
It’s an old good “iOS vs Android” debate, but I guess it’s never been less obvious than it is now. While Apple adds USB-C ports and allows access to files (albeit via only one app of their own)…
