Big Tech can deplatform alternative medicine at any time. Fact checkers at facebook can demote your message in the search engines. Would alternative medicine survive a threat from Big Tech? Over the centuries, alternative medicine has been suppressed over and over again. In January of 2021, Wikipedia categorized Ayurveda and other alternative medicine modalities as 'quackery.' Western medicine took unprecedented license over our lives during coronavirus.
What will you do if your business is targeted by local medical boards for your views on vaccines? Or your videos are censored because they offer health & wellness tips for people with COVID? Would your business survive if any one company decided to erase all your data? In the new era of Big Tech, it is important to decentralize ownership of your beliefs, and reduce your dependency on Big Tech companies like google, facebook, and instagram. Instead, find smaller 3rd party suppliers. Store backups of your health & wellness legacy at multiple addresses.
When I first started my career in business, colleagues told me to never put all my eggs in one basket - especially when it comes to data storage and technology. Technology companies go out of business all the time. Or, they raise their prices without warning. If your business is dependent upon one provider, it could be a single point of failure.
The Big Tech Company That Owned My Life, and Monopolized My Kids
When I surveyed my phone, I found that google had taken over my 1) email (Gmail), 2) phone location & GPS (Gmaps), 3) Internet search engine, 4) Cloud storage & collaboration (Google Drive), 5) Kids' computers (Chromebooks), 6) Social connection (Google Meet), 7) Kids learning environment (Google Classroom), 8) Video Entertainment (YouTube), 9) My App source (Google Play Store), and 10) my phone's operating system (Google Play Services).
That's alot of power to give to one company. Plus, our Amazon Alexa was listening to our personal family conversations. Facebook was mediating my social interactions. Microsoft Windows was showing me ads during work.
So, I decided to make a break with Big Tech and support the little guy. I uninstalled and disabled their apps on my phone. And, I installed these alternatives.
Generally, Use Decentralized Technology
Companies that mediate contact between individuals have influence over your social group. The alternative is to use decentralized technologies with point to point encryption (P2P). Remember how the music industry couldn't stop Napster? That's what is needed for social media - so friends can be friends without a 3rd party listening. Bitcoin is a decentralized currency alternative to the American $. Clear United is a decentralized phone.
Alternatives to Big Tech
For very little effort, you can play a part in preserving the freedoms of alternative medicine. Here are the alternative apps to use to decentralize your business. Download them on your phone from your favorite App Store. Finally, uninstall Google and Apple play store, and replace them with Aptoid (android) and GetJar (iPhone). Finally, replace your phone altogether with a decentralized phone like ClearUnited.
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