About KS and Minimalscreen

I’m KS, and I built Minimalscreen because I got tired of how normal it has become to hand over attention and personal data in exchange for convenience.

A lot of modern tech products are built to do two things very well:

• keep you engaged longer than you meant to stay
• learn as much as possible about what keeps you engaged

That is not a small design choice.

It shapes how people spend their time, how much noise they live with, and how much of themselves gets turned into data.

What this site is about

Minimalscreen focuses on three connected topics:

• digital minimalism
• online privacy
• reducing digital footprint

I do not see these as separate niches.

If you reduce the number of platforms you depend on, you usually get two benefits at once: less distraction and less exposure. If you quit a feed, you usually reduce both screen time and behavioural tracking. If you clean up apps, accounts, permissions, and defaults, life often becomes calmer and more private at the same time.

How the content is written

This site is deliberately plain.

That is on purpose.

I would rather write a guide that is clear, useful, and easy to apply than one that sounds impressive while saying very little.

So the goal here is:

• clear structure
• practical steps
• minimal fluff
• calm tone
• tools and workflows that normal people can actually keep using

Who this site is for

Minimalscreen is for people who:

• feel overexposed online
• feel pulled around by their phone
• want less social media in their life
• want more private defaults
• want a smaller and more intentional digital setup

You do not need to be highly technical to get value from this site.

What you can expect

You will find a mix of:

• deep question-based guides like What Data Does Google Collect About You?
• practical workflows like How to Reduce Your Digital Footprint Step by Step
• behavioural change guides like How to Quit Social Media
• replacement and setup guides like Best Privacy Tools and Open Source Replacements: Part 2

Why trust this site

Minimalscreen is not a content farm and it is not trying to be everything.

That is part of the point.

The site stays narrow on purpose so the writing can become more useful over time. It is trying to become a real authority resource on a small number of related problems, instead of becoming another generic “tech lifestyle” site.

Key idea: fewer topics, handled better, is more useful than shallow coverage of everything.

If you want to browse the core content, start at the homepage or the blog.