It is important to support the resistance so to speak, this way certain ways of living are protected by the individuals who share those values for as long as necessary and possible. There will always be counter movements that we can consider alternatively.

I had partitioned a previous computer with Linux in order to access that independent spirit and enjoy the autonomy, but in the end I lost and gave in to the status quo. It takes much conviction and self reliance to maintain the separation from the mass.

In the US still today there are communities that live their ancient ways. The Amish do not use electricity, go to dentist offices and get around on horse baggies. Sometimes their youth go out and discover the outer society and divorce themselves, but they often choose to return as they have a deep appreciation of their values.

Another case is that of old mobiles (cars) in Cuba where they could pride themselves at personally maintaining cars from the previous era. But now that Castro's influence is opening outward, they are bound to give into convenience and gradually acquire cars that can only be diagnosed by a computer.