You could try getting a Chromebook and installing whatever distro you want on there? I know it doesn’t avoid the pre-installed spyware, but at least it’s free so you’re not loosing money paying for a license. And Chromebooks these days are made in a wide range from very inexpensive to sorta-premium.

I didn’t mean to criticize the effort, sorry if it came across that way. I meant to criticize the article for leaving that out of the headline.

While I believe and wish it would happen sooner, my intention wasn’t to bash on the great work they’re doing.

Lay the ground for a national strike…… In 2028. Kind of an important detail to leave out of the headline.

I’m all for a national strike, but we really can’t wait that long.

Miso soup is my go-to breakfast. You can get dashi powder and miso paste, then just heat water in the kettle and combine. I love that it’s warm and flavorful, but actually a pretty light breakfast (which I prefer).

Yeah, honestly that’s the main blocker for me. For all of the hate it gets, I had the YouTube algorithm pretty well-tuned to what I liked.

Wish there was something like freetube that would still preserve views/ suggestions.

Same, privacy concerns are huge for me. Also, there’s no way I’m paying $18.99 a month for it, that’s comically expensive. It’s the same as Netflix’s top tier plan, and at least Netflix has the expense of producing their own content to (attempt) to justify that cost.

Thanks! Using them alongside torrents seems to be a good idea. Maybe it would improve my ability to find more obscure stuff!

Thanks, yeah the impression I’ve gotten before is that it’s mostly the same. But maybe using it as a backup for my normal torrents could be useful for more niche stuff that I can’t find in private trackers…

Thanks! Working better with the arrs is a sell for sure. I have my setup pretty well tuned for torrents, but still sometimes it can’t find something that meets my filters because it’s not named/categorized correctly.

Haha no worries, still helpful. I edited the title to be a bit more clear about what I’m asking for :)

Awesome, yeah that makes sense. My biggest worry/confusion was about how more niche releases end up on there and so that clears things up. I’ve mostly been happy with what I can find via private trackers, so maybe it makes sense to stick with that.

Oh great, then yeah for FB and Insta you can just exercise your right to deletion under GDPR. You should be able to find out how to do that in the privacy policies of each app.

For Discord I’m not exactly sure as I’ve never done it before, but looks like folks have written scripts to delete your post history. An example I found is this one https://github.com/victornpb/undiscord but like I said I’ve never used it myself.

Are you located in the EU or in California? If so you are covered by super strong privacy laws that can help with this.