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What would it be like if you cut Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google & Microsoft out of your life completely? We knew it would be a living hell and never had the nerve to do it. Kashmir Hill, a writer at Gizmodo did. We chat about her experiences and their implications for the world we live in. Show Links: https://gizmodo.com/c/goodbye-big-five https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/17/almost-impossible-to-function-without-big-five-tech-giants https://securitytrails.com Episode Transcript These shows are dictated to and transcribed by machines, and hurriedly edited by a human. Apologies for the typos and grammar flaws. What would your life look like if you cut the big five tech companies out of your life? Is it possible to live without using Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft or Apple at all? With a statement like that, you might think that MSP’s Matt Armitage has embarked on some kind of giant and heroic experiment. Well, sorry to disappoint you. He hasn’t. So, Matt, you want to talk abou