• @[email protected]
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    Mmm, here is my setup:

    • Browsers Mullvad Browser - For signing into Bank, etc.

    Tor Browser - Everything else

    • Operating System

    Trisquel GNU/Linux-libre w/ KDE - Main OS

    OpenBSD - Server

    • Computers

    OptiPlex 780 MT w/ Libreboot - Server (100% free BIOS firmware / IME disabled)

    OptiPlex 780 USFF w/ Libreboot - Main Desktop (100% free BIOS firmware / IME disabled)

    E4300 Latitude w/ Libreboot - Main Laptop (100% free BIOS firmware / IME disabled)

    Dell 9020 OptiPlex w/ Libreboot & 7900 XTX GPU - Offline AI / Gaming PC (100% free BIOS firmware / IME neutuered)

    • Phone / Accessories

    PinePhone Pro - All killswitches enabled except for Bluetooth (Forward all notifications from my laptop to my PinePhone via Bluetooth)

    PineBuds - Wireless earbuds w/ FOSS firmware

    • Router

    NETGEAR WNDR3800 w/ LibreCMC (100% free firmware / 100% free software)

    • @Worx
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      Ctrl P is to print a page. The idea is you quickly press print before the paywall loads, so you can read the full article

    • @[email protected]
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      That’s piped invidious an alternative frontend for YT but Google has been cracking down on it so YMMV and ctrl+p prints a webpage in browser which used to work for circumventing paywalls but nowadays it’s not really a thing anymore

  • @[email protected]
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    What’s the one in the bottom left?

    I have adblocked yt and pirated yt music on my phone, but those 1 minute ads between 1:50 songs on my tv are getting to me…bad.

    I’m damn near ready to yeet the tv off the balcony.

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        Strong agree. I would pay more for a non-smart tv. They’re probably all smart these days, aren’t they? Ugh.

        • @[email protected]
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          23 hours ago

          Thankfully it is easy to not connect them. The newest TV I bought I connected it once via Ethernet during setup to get the latest software, then unplugged it. Has been working fine for a year with no issue.

        • GHiLA
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          I don’t care, really. I’m going to just use the inputs on the TV with whatever peripheral I plug into it anyway.

          If it has to be updated to be used in the first place then I’ll update it, disconnect it from the internet, block it at the router level and then use it as a monitor, which it is.

          We shouldn’t have to do this, but, the world sucks, so… shrug

    • @Yareckt
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      Invideous. A Software that provides an alternative YouTube look/frontend. There are also people who host invideous instances as publicaly accessible websites. Sadly all the public instances have been blocked by youtube for about a month now. I hope there will be a fix soon.

    • @[email protected]
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      A Yeet Cannon is a fine solution to any TV. Personally I recommend a 12ga slug or buckshot for any and all TVs. There is nothing worth the effort to watch and even less worth paying for.

      Books, books are where it’s at these days. What is old has become new again!

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        We’re not allowed any firearms here, i could maybe 3d print one lol.

        I like a book every so often, but they don’t play music all that well unfortunately.

  • @[email protected]
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    archive.is or archive.ph is what I use for getting past paywalls. If it’s a hard membership paywall there won’t be much you can do about it. If it’s just a splash screen, they work by removing the annoying stuff that prevents you from going further since they have to package the content for SEO. The archive sites basically grab that content as if they were going to index it for a search engine, but then they present it in human readable format instead.

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    Another recommendation for YT:

    SponsorBlock

    It is Community-Based. Ppl (like you) mark timecodes from sponsor ads and if toggled on those will be skipped. You can whitelist channels as well if you want to.

    150% better YT-experience!

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      If I’m going to see an ad, I do prefer sponsor ads over the injected YT ads. At least I can hope the content creators are getting paid directly for the ad.

  • @[email protected]
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    note that I don’t care about cookies and Privacy badger is unnecessary when you have uBO. Also get Bypass Paywalls Clean though.

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    Shift + RClick to force the browser’s native context menu instead of triggering a JavaScript event.

    Ctrl + Shift + E (and then perhaps Ctrl + F5) to see URLs of resources.

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    ublock origin has a cookie notice and nag filter that removes those.

    go into the settings and turn on the annoyance filters, they are awesome.

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      Also FWIW you should care about cookies. That said, I use that filter in UBO but I’m wondering if using it is the same as hitting “reject all” or “accept all”? Does it even matter if you’re using Firefox and thus isolating cookies regardless?

      • @[email protected]
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        AFAIK as long as you don’t click ‘accept’, you are good. I believe thats why they make these notices so obnoxious.

      • Cris
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        313 hours ago

        My understanding is that most people use an extension to dismiss the cookie dialog if they’re also deleting third party cookies, either with an extension/or a browser feature

        Though there is also consent-o-matic which is supposed to automatically decline all the cookies you can. Folks in this thread mentioned it, so now I’m giving that a try :)

      • icedterminal
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        313 hours ago

        Very easy for a majority of people.

        As an alternative, for those who want to dive in or have more control: Self host PiHole or AdGuard Home DNS. Either use WireGuard VPN and set the DNS manually, or setup a DoT/DoH service. Either way works.

    • Krzd
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      Try out boost (for Lemmy), and if you like it there’s a small one time payment option to support the Dev and remove ads

    • @[email protected]
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      Sponsorblock to auto skip sponsor segments, or even non music parts of music on YouTube. Or interaction reminders, or end credits, etc can make it a little bit how you want it

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    Go into uBO settings and then filters and enable all the non-language filters. You won’t need privacy badger or that cookie addon anymore.