I am trying to re-adjust how much effort I want to put into privacy concerns. Too much stuff I’m using isn’t working properly or using a lot of my mental resources that I need elsewhere.
For (a bad) example: I recently performed a half-switch from my self-hosted Nextcloud instance to ProtonDrive, in the hope that it would spare me the stress to maintain my private Nextcloud. Unfortunately, it doesn’t, as basic functionality like cross-device-sync is not possible (there isn’t even a client app for Linux, as of yet).
This brings me to the question: have you found any services/apps/stuff that significantly eases your life while still being privacy friendly? I know, this is a broad question, but I think this is for the best as this thread then maybe even has use for other users.
Freetube on PC has really changed it up for me. Vencord over Discord is another I’ve not seen mentioned yet, basically strips out the telemetry and sandboxes the application.
I’ve found Syncthing a better way to handle file sync than NextCloud. Much more set and forget and not a single point of failure. It also syncs a notes directory in flat .md format, so anything can edit them, in a simple directory hierarchy.
I am finally really happy with my privacy setup, I am not feeling like there’s anything more I need (or want) to do at the moment…
- NextDNS on PC and phone
- Linux on PC - I do have a drive with Windows (AtlasOS with no Microsoft login) on it for dire emergencies (Rust and Destiny 2)
- Mullvad VPN
- Degoogled phone with LineageOS
- Non-self-hosted Nextcloud
- Browsing: FireDragon and Mullvad Browser on PC and Mull on phone
- FreeTube for YouTube
NewPipe is a killer app I would say, with nearly Youtube Red level functionality in something that’s free and OSS. A bit afield from privacy, but you do get to access youtube stuff without logging in.
From what I understand, NewPipe has been abandoned and someone else forked it to Tubular which includes SponsorBlock.
From what I understand, NewPipe has been abandoned…
That’s completely incorrect. From NewPipe’s Github:
We are planning to rewrite large chunks of the codebase, to bring about a new, modern and stable NewPipe. Please do not open pull requests for new features now, only bugfix PRs will be accepted.
…and someone else forked it to Tubular which includes SponsorBlock.
polymorphicshade “stopped” development on their fork of NewPipe, which included SponsorBlock (because NewPipe did not want to include it) and started working on their rewrite of their own fork and/or NewPipe, which is now Tubular.
Right. I see in F-Droid that my latest Newpipe update is 3 months ago, not super recent but surely not abandonware. And especially when it comes to Youtube scrapers, there’s a whole host of parallel projects and forks. But NewPipe is a flagship, and perhaps THE killer app in F-Droid, imo if they were truly giving up it would be a major deal.
