// INSPIRED BY PEWDIEPIE'S TECH JOURNEY

Build Your Tech Fence

Take control of your data, your privacy, and your digital life. Stop being the product. Start being the person who decides what software runs on their machine, what services handle their data, and how they interact with the internet.

Start Here — 5 Minutes Just Show Me The Videos

The Two Pillars

Every solution on this site comes back to two ideas. Understand these, and the rest is just details.

01

You Are Not The Product

Every "free" service has a cost — your data, your attention, your autonomy. Google knows your search history, your location history, your contacts, your emails. The trade-off between control and convenience is real, but being aware of it lets you choose intentionally instead of sleepwalking into surveillance.

"I realized Google literally knows everything about me. Everything." — PewDiePie, "I de-Googled my life"

02

Curing Algo Brain

Algorithms are designed to keep you scrolling, clicking, consuming. The cure is two tools: friction (small delays that let your brain catch up with your fingers) and filtering (removing algorithmic feeds, rebuilding your digital diet with intention). Together, they break the loop.

"I catch myself opening apps without even thinking about it." — PewDiePie, "I Fixed YouTube!"

The Three Layers

Your tech fence is built in three layers. Each one gives you more control. You don't have to do them all — even Layer 1 is a massive upgrade.

Layer 1: OS Control

What software runs on your machine. Replace Windows with Linux. Choose an OS that doesn't spy on you, ship ads, or decide what you can install.

Based on: PewDiePie's Linux video

Layer 2: Service Control

What services handle your data. De-Google your life. Self-host alternatives for passwords, cloud storage, email, and more. Own your data instead of renting it.

Based on: PewDiePie's de-Google video

Layer 3: Behavior Control

How you interact with the digital world. Fight algorithmic feeds. Add friction to mindless scrolling. Reclaim your attention from apps designed to steal it.

Based on: "I Fixed YouTube!" — where "tech fencing" was born

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Getting Started

You don't need to become a Linux wizard overnight. Here are three places to start — pick the one that fits.

LVL 1 Beginner

Switch Your Browser

Install Firefox or Brave. Change your search engine. Install uBlock Origin. Takes 5 minutes.

LVL 2 Easy

De-Google Your Life

Replace Google services with open-source alternatives you can trust. An afternoon of work.

LVL 3 Moderate

Install Linux

Replace Windows with an OS that respects you. A weekend project that changes everything.

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A Word of Honesty

This isn't easy, and it's not for everyone. PewDiePie himself still uses Google Maps because "it's too good." He still uses YouTube — "I literally can't escape." His Vaultwarden setup took 2 days. He was 30 minutes late somewhere because the Google Maps alternative was terrible.

We tell you the downsides because we respect you. Every guide on this site includes an "Honest Downsides" section. If something sucks, we'll say so.

Also — we're learning too. This site was made by fans who watched the videos and decided to actually do it. We're not experts. We're just people who built the fence.

Extras

More resources, references, and rabbit holes.

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