Another factor is the tendency of the rate of profit to fall. Late capitalism has to keep finding more and more shameless ways to squeeze regular people as the easy money recedes. Lobbyists are pushing harder to lock people into a few big services and subscriptions so they are forced to yield more personal data and spending money.
In case anyone is curious, an M-Disk burner can make optical backups intended to last long-term. Can be costly though.
I rung in the new year by making the switch 
Attention, fame, encouragement, and engagement are also currency, and aiding fascists is fascism. We all deserve to live in a world where fascists don’t feel safe openly declaring themselves.
Desensitizing people to having no privacy from their own state and ‘local’ corporations will do that 
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Elitist workers have for decades been leaving the cries of the senator class unheeded 
None of our individual strategies are “the answer”. The situation won’t be turned around by individuals making personal choices, but by organized efforts. A world in which Terms and Conditions don’t supersede your rights is possible.