I created a 5-week degoogling plan PDF based on the steps in my book DISENGAGE: Escape the Leash of Big Tech, Scams and Surveillance—Everyday Resistance for the Digital Underdog.

Before I finalize and post it to my site, I’d love some feedback from people who have degoogled or are in the process of doing so.

The final package will be a single PDF, and I’ve pasted images of the pages below. The final infographic has a link for each product. Please don’t worry about formatting issues, I’ll get those fixed. But in general, I’m wondering.

  • Does this seem motivational/doable?

  • Are the tips clear?

  • Is there anything that is now incorrect? I wrote the book originally two years ago and updated it in February, so some of my suggestions may already be out of date.

  • At the bottom I mention that full instructions for each step are available in DISENGAGE, which is a free book. Is that enough? Or should I instead either note which chapter/page to look at for each step, or directly include links to instructions/tools online?

  • The infographic at the end…is it weird to be sideways? I created it a while ago and don’t want to have to redo it to fit the orientation. I could offer that separately, OR I could redo the whole PDF to be landscape instead of portrait (which I don’t love).

  • I’m thinking of turning this into a group challenge (also no cost). If there’s enough interest, it could be the checklist, the book, and a Signal group (maybe with a weekly call). I don’t know nearly everything about the topic, but I did degoogle myself, and everyone in the group/on the call can share questions and suggestions. What do you think of this idea?

Thanks!

  • Thanks for the tips! Yeah, it’s hard to know where to draw the line, but since I’m focused on beginners, I figured these tools/platforms were the basics.

    Good idea to bundle mail and calendar. I can do that with a few tweaks. And will fix the extra mention of uninstalling Chrome.

    Thanks again!