The Digital ExodusI'm not giving up, and neither should you.
They need us more than we need them. This is how we take our power back. 
We’re watching the foundations of democracy, climate justice, and truth itself is fall away, and many people are asking, “What can we actually do?”
Here’s one concrete, overlooked step: We migrate. We unplug. We reclaim our digital and economic power. Big Tech companies - Meta, X, Google, Amazon, Apple - are no longer neutral platforms. They are actively profiting from surveillance, division, addiction, mental health crises, and in some cases, enabling political and climate collapse. They may seem like giants but the truth is, they only have the power we gave them - with our time, our data, our attention, our scrolling. And we can take it back. Migrating off the Big 5 Platforms - Basic Steps
About the Movement
The Digital Exodus is a peaceful migration off the Big 5 Tech monopolies (Meta, X, Google, Amazon and Apple) that have embedded themselves, without our consent, into our lives and our government. What once felt like tools for connection have become the infrastructure of addiction, manipulation, and social control. They've sold our data, eroded our privacy, amplified division and now stand complicit in a corporate-backed coup that threatens both the foundations of our democracy and the lives of billions around the world through climate denial and delay.
Since meaningful migration takes time, the Exodus is a journey that is all about progress, not perfection. April 22, Earth Day marked launch for early movers to scout out the terrain ahead - new platforms and processes. From there more join and we keep moving - amplifying and expanding until we reach a critical mass in the U.S. and beyond that can’t be ignored. This doesn't have to be perfect. Even just reducing your Big Tech use by 70-80% makes a difference. What matters is participation—at scale. Why does migrating off Big Tech matter? Because attention is power. Data is power. Dollars are power. By withdrawing those from the Big 5, we:
If enough of us pull away our attention from these apps and devices, we interrupt their economic model and their influence pipeline, reduce their power, and ultimately create an opening to influence what comes next. Reopening J.E.D.I. WritersJ.E.D.I. Writers is a community writing group held on Zoom, and is now free and open to anyone who wants tech support or community while working on making the world a better place. You can sign up here.
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