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Tools and Resource Repository
Vetted swaps for browsers, search, mail, maps, video, and more - with honest notes on migration and how each alternative is funded.
Explore tools →Vancouver, BC - Est. 2026
They said technologyis the future.We say humans are.
Alternative Tech is a platform for people who believe that technology should serve human life, not extract from it. We collect ideas, amplify dissenting voices, and intervene in real policy decisions.
✦ No tracking✦ No extraction✦ Human-first
What we're pushing back against
Attention extraction
Platforms built to keep you scrolling, not thinking. Time-on-platform is the metric. Your focus is the product.
Algorithmic control
Decisions that affect your life made by systems you cannot see, question, or appeal. Black boxes, presented as neutral.
Creative appropriation
Generative AI trained on the work of writers, artists, and musicians without consent, credit, or compensation.
Manufactured urgency
The notification, the streak, the countdown. Technology designed to make patience feel like failure.
What We Do
Three ways to build the alternative
This platform is a means, not an end. It exists to organise energy into action.
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The Idea Bank
A curated collection of proposals for technology that is minimal, non-extractive, and rooted in real domains - Education, Health, Housing, Care, and more.
Browse ideas →03
The Open Journal
Long-form writing from people living with the consequences of tech decisions - teachers, nurses, farmers, and organisers, not just engineers.
Read the journal →04
Movement infrastructure
Open letters, policy briefs, and organised responses - targeted at specific moments when public pressure can change outcomes.
See the approach →This is a place for people who are done watching.
Sign up to be among the first to know when the platform opens fully. You'll be invited to contribute ideas and writing. We will send a periodic dispatch - not a newsletter - with what the movement is doing. We will not market to you.