What We Do

Everything we do is rooted in being honest about how the industry works, empowering you with genuine choice, helping you build resilience so you’re not dependent on any one platform, and ultimately supporting a healthier balance between your online world and your real one.

1. thecloud.sucks — The Guide Big Tech Hopes You Don’t Read

Our main project pulls back the curtain on the digital world.
It shows you:

  • How Big Tech captures attention and reshapes habits

  • Why “free” services aren’t free at all

  • How to migrate away from Google, Apple, Amazon, Meta

  • What real digital independence looks like

  • Alternatives they never taught you about

No shame. No guilt.
Just empowerment.

2. Digital Well-Being for People Who Are Done Being Controlled

Real steps to stop letting algorithms run your day.
Topics include:

  • Digital overwhelm and how to break it

  • Rebuilding focus in a noisy online world

  • Tools that respect your brain, not exploit it

3. The Family Digital Balance Program

Kids don’t need a childhood built around push notifications.
Parents learn:

  • How to raise strong, independent thinkers

  • How to start honest conversations about digital pressure

  • How to build a home culture where screens are tools, not the center of life

4. Open‑Source Transition Workshops

Not just how to leave Big Tech — but how to move to open‑source tools that respect you, and why it matters.

We teach

  • What “open source” really means (transparency, control, community).

  • How to replace proprietary platforms with open‑source alternatives.

  • How to keep your digital life fully functional without feeding surveillance ecosystems.

Example swaps

  • Cloud/sync: Nextcloud, Syncthing

  • Chat/groups: Matrix (Element), XMPP

  • Docs: LibreOffice, OnlyOffice

  • OS: BraxOS, Linux

  • Phone OS & apps: Brax3 and Opensource OS

  • Passwords & security: KeePassXC, Bitwarden, uBlock Origin, Pi‑hole

5. Digital Literacy for Schools

Helping students understand:

  • How platforms manipulate attention

  • How their data becomes profit

  • How to build healthy, self-directed digital habits

  • That they have options beyond Big Tech