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Sometimes it's just not working out. You should see other software.

## Valetudo is counterculture

Even though the project exists in the consumer electronics space and is polished as if it was a product, it is very much not that.
Instead, it is highly idealistic, anti-consumerism, anti-hypergrowth and anti just-continuing-what-we-do-now.

Valetudo is not the new hype gadget of the week that you buy for copious amounts of money, play around with for three days
and then still feel empty inside, craving for the next fix. It is explicitly anti your tech-influencer parasocial "friends".

It doesn't want you to buy more. It wants you to buy **less**.<br/>
To have a positive impact on the world and not just on the bottom line of some commercial entity.<br/>
To be content with what you have instead of yearning for more content.<br/>
And, most importantly, to have actual human connection.

As mentioned in "Valetudo is opinionated software", these aspects are baked into its design.<br/>
There is no way of using it without being constantly confronted with them.

If you're not willing to reflect, introspect, grow and most importantly **stop**, you will not be happy with Valetudo.

## Valetudo replaces the Cloud

First of all, it should be noted that Valetudo is a cloud replacement, meaning that it replaces the cloud.<br/>
Valetudo is a cloud replacement, meaning that it replaces the cloud.<br/>
As it stops all connectivity to the vendor cloud, the vendor app will also stop working.

It is **not possible** to use Valetudo and the vendor app simultaneously.
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