Become worthless (to tech companies)
Summary
The piece argues that tech companies increasingly prioritize investors over users and employees, encouraging individuals to reduce the value they provide by limiting data sharing and interactions. It offers a wide range of practical steps to minimize data leakage and monetization, such as using throwaway emails, opt-ing out of data collection, blocking ads and crawlers, self-hosting outside the US, and avoiding sign-ins with major platforms. The author closes with a provocative call to make oneself “worthless” to corporations and suggests supporting privacy-focused alternatives.