This 2019 series of Gizmodo articles and videos by Kashmir Hill look into how difficult it actually is to stop using The Stacks: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft. We place Hill’s research within our larger understanding of Big Tech and media literacy while listening to arguments for tech regulation or simply scaling back.

• I Cut The Big Five Tech Giants From My Life: It Was Hell

Additional Resources:

• https://muckrack.com/kashhill
• I Cut the Big Five Tech Giants From My Life. It Was Hell.
• I Tried to Block Amazon From My Life. It Was Impossible.
• I Cut Facebook Out of My Life. Surprisingly, I Missed It
• I Cut Google Out of My Life. It Screwed Up Everything.
• I Cut Microsoft Out of My Life –– Or So I Thought
• I Cut Apple Out of My Life. It Was Devastating.
• Unplugging From Big Tech is Harder Than You Think
• It’s almost impossible to function without the big five tech giants
• How to block Big Tech with Kashmir Hill: podcast and transcript
• https://www.nytimes.com/by/kashmir-hill