Did you just respond to your own comment?

I’ve always been like this. Sadly my wife finds controversy at every turn and I get dragged in.

But again it’s only the minority using extensions or actually taking the time to deny cookies.

This banner is the same tactic used by malware. It targets the average Joe that just accepts anything thrown in their face. It’s the same with the cookie popup we see in the EU. People just click accept to get it out their way so they can view the content they came to see.

They pushed me to Linux (Arch btw).

They aren’t targeting people like me though. They are targeting people like my wife that doesn’t read what she clicks and just accepts it.

Microsoft are being really very pushy to get people to use Edge.

Indeed this. Plus my minipc has dual ethernet which is handy as I run Proxmox and use the second nic for migration traffic. The mini pc is way better than the Pi for my usage.

Loved the Pi for hosting small services around the house. I’ve just replaced my Pi4 with a N100, 16GB, 512GB SSD mini pc which is so much faster, not to mention cheaper than a Pi5.

Not on an iPhone it cant

I’d suggest uBlock Origin but then they’re running iOS.

I do agree that fdroid is ugly. Droid-ify is so much more pleasing to the eye.

Thanks! I didn’t know about this. I never use audiobooks. Just changed my family plan. £2 is £2!

Wireguard works out of the box for me. I use a docker image.

I still prefer Chrome over Firefox but I’ve been running Firefox for over a year now and won’t go back to Chrome because fuck Google. Also stopped using Google for searching and not being tracked is very very noticeable.

in the US…

Doesn’t block ads on YouTube though

I built a new PC last year and installed Windows 11. I honestly have no issues with jt and it runs fine. However the shitty practices of current Microsoft have started appearing and ground my gears. So much so that I got a second drive and installed Mint. It’s not been easy adjusting and I often find myself booting into Windows for one reason or another but I spend the majority of my time now in Linux. I got a bit bored of Mint. I’m a sucker for new things so I moved to Arch. After installing a few packages I’m actually pretty happy with it. Proton has been the key for my move. Without it I simply wouldn’t be able to use Linux.

Outside of Windows, moving away from Chrome, GMail and Google search it’s a breath of fresh air. I don’t feel like I’m constantly being tracked now and having products thrown in my face. I miss the old internet where harvesting everyone’s data wasn’t a thing.

I said I wish I hadn’t purchased the PS5 due to the poor library of games in comparison to the PS4 era on Reddit. Proceeded to get downvotes.

I dunno. I doubt it is. But I also doubt there isn’t something they are getting back.
Maybe not personal information but I’d imagine there will be data on what keywords it flagged on and whether the user hung up or carried on with the call etc. They wouldn’t be able to fix or improve the service without getting information back.

They said the AI stuff is all done on device so nothing is being sent back to Google

Sticking with duck duck go. Not seeing advertising, news or video recommendations based on a one time search in Google is bliss.