I have always been curious about this. Did you get them to use other services or did they stubbornly refuse and you just accepted it? I am talking using Chrome, using Windows, using social media like Tiktok or Facebook or Instagram, etc. Bonus points if you have kids because that is even more work in the privacy realm

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
    49·
    1 year ago

    My spouse is almost the opposite of me in the privacy/FOSS realm.

    They use TikTok and other social media, don’t mind ads, use Windows, love Chrome and their Macbook, etc.

    We’ve talked about privacy and FOSS a lot. They have the “I don’t care if China/corpos/NSA mine my data, I have nothing to hide.” Plus they like targeted ads and algorithmic content suggestions.

    We have a lot of mutual respect for each other and I don’t force my views on them, and they know I won’t use certain apps. I gently suggest FOSS apps to them and sometimes they use them, sometimes not.

    They also don’t object to watching shows and movies with me that I “aquire totally legally” because I don’t use streaming services.

    I have told them that any children we have, I want to raise with a “FOSS first” philosophy, and they are cool with that.

    Ultimately, I want my kids to have the choice of what software they use, FOSS or not. But for my part, they will know that I will only support the FOSS stuff, if they want to go proprietary, that’s on them.

    • cooopsspace@infosec.pubEnglish
      24·
      1 year ago

      I’ve also discussed with my partner that they’re welcome to use Facebook but I strongly object to putting photos of children on there until they’re old enough to make their own decisions.

      I’ve pointed out that posting publicly is purely for vanity reasons unless they’ve made a conscious decision to have exclusively friends and family. In other words, you don’t need to please people who don’t matter.

      • czl@lemmy.noice.social
        21·
        1 year ago

        This transphobic mf’er doesn’t even get that saying “they” is protecting both their and their spouse’s privacy — on the damn privacy community! Smh