Michael Gale<p>> *Microsoft is perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza.* — BDS Movement</p><p><a href="https://bdsmovement.net/microsoft" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bdsmovement.net/microsoft</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>So, what is your strategy to leave <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>'s platforms? Do you have one?</p><p>Some of my actions (so far):<br>- Deleted <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> permanently and switched to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Bazzite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bazzite</span></a> Linux. It's been more than a year now.<br>- Began migrating off <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> to a mix of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosted</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Gitea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gitea</span></a> instance and a cloud <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CodeBerg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CodeBerg</span></a> (90% complete)<br>- Steering others within my circles of control to do the same as best I can, and cancel Games pass, etc.</p><p>It's tough at first but it gets easier. Divestment is an important tool. Check the BDS list today.</p>