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This year is about to end and I want to share a few thoughts. Even within the last few months I've learned so much from my mistakes.  1. Back up, back up, back up. I can't over stress this enough. Double backups are vital.. I don't trust regular spinning HDD's anymore as it can go bad due to mechanical moving parts. In addition to backing up on a hard drive I'm now also backing up all important files on a internet. From documents, pictures to videos I'm backing them all up to a cloud server either locally or on the world wide web. http://www.techradar.com/news/top-10-best-cloud-storage-services-of-2017 https://lifehacker.com/the-best-cloud-storage-services-that-protect-your-priva-729639300  2. Planned Obsolescence. I'm moving from the Apple ecosystem to and PC/android world. Why? I like Apple products and their user friendly interfaces. However when it comes to taking care of the environment Apple products are not the best stewards. Planned obsolescence is something I completely disagree with as it encourages the massive consumption of the newest and latest technologies while making void the use of older products. This breeds greed and produces a huge impact on creating technological waste that is not friendly to nature. If Apple is doing this with iPhones than what about their other products i.e. computers, laptops, tablets, etc...???? Apple is not the only one guilty of planned obsolescence. Many other large corporations are guilty of this as well. http://nordic.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-slowdown-planned-obsolescence-2017-10?r=US&IR=T http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/12/28/apple-accused-breaking-french-law-slowing-older-iphones/ http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160612-heres-the-truth-about-the-planned-obsolescence-of-tech  3. Privacy.
I don't trust Google when it comes to privacy. Yahoo and MSN aren't too far behind either. Paying for a private email vendor is worth the money to protect my privacy. Not that I'm doing any criminal activity but privacy is an important thing especially in a day and age when all systems are being scrutinized in the name of safety and security. Frankly, I believe in what Edward Snowden and Julian Assange were fighting for. At the same time I do NOT support terrorism in any form. The Law must be maintained and upheld yet there must also be respect of people's rights and personal choices as long as it doesn't harm or endanger others. Google is extremely invasive when it comes to personal privacy. They read every email and track one's location. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/26/google-will-stop-scanning-content-of-personal-emails http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/06/26/google-going-stop-reading-emails-learn/ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/technology/yahoo-email-tech-companies-government-investigations.html https://www.ted.com/talks/andy_yen_think_your_email_s_private_think_again
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