---
title: "Big Tech Exit"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/big-tech-exit-o6vpp8xgt
source_url: https://lucas.dohmen.io/posts/2026/01/04/big-tech-exit/
type: article
source: "RUBYLAND"
published: 2026-01-04T12:29:04.078Z
updated: 2026-01-04T12:29:25.677Z
tags: ["cloud", "open-source", "linux", "privacy", "self-hosting"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 26
comments: 3
language: en
---

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# Big Tech Exit

**[RUBYLAND](https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla)** · 10 min read · 26 upvotes · 3 comments

## Summary

A developer shares their journey toward digital independence from Big Tech companies, documenting current dependencies across Apple, Microsoft, and Google services. The author outlines specific 2026 goals including migrating from iCloud to self-hosted alternatives like Immich and Jellyfin, moving remaining projects from GitHub to Codeberg, testing PostmarketOS on a Fairphone 5, and setting up a Pi-hole for DNS privacy. They advocate for incremental progress using the "plus one rule" - adding alternatives alongside existing services rather than forcing immediate switches - and encourage others to start with small, manageable changes.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@20rp** · 1 upvotes

> This is good. I foresee companies like Microsoft and Google losing even more of the market share over the next 5 years from more people doing this. Eventually they will realize that they need to actually start making good products again, but it will already be too late by then.

**@xidib78169** · 0 upvotes

> Hmm, this was just his diary.

**@daniel8000** · 0 upvotes

> Wish I have more time to do the same. So far I bought NAS to store my photos.

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Tags: [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting)

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