Credit to https://www.reddit.com/user/lukakopajtic/

There might be some changes that could improve it further:

  • Remove Brave
  • Maybe add Signal; It’s easier than Element, but it’s also centralized
  • Stop suggesting Linux Mint specifically
  • Recommend Hosted Nextcloud
  • Add GrapheneOS
  • Maybe add Delta chat
  • Maybe remove Bluesky
  • Remove Stremio and add Jellfyin (even though it’s selfhosted and not a direct equivalent)
  • Add ente because Immich is selfhosted

Any other suggestions?

  • jackeryjooEnglish
    69•18 hours ago

    Don’t use Brave. It’s got a lot of privacy issues, even compared to the Mozilla foundation. Underneath, it’s still Chrome.

    • @[email protected]
      5•18 hours ago

      Could you clarify some of these issues? I’m a long time brave user and have really enjoyed using it and haven’t noticed any issues besides some if their Web 3.0 integrations that you can turn off.

      Always happy to find Better options though.

      • @[email protected]
        12•12 hours ago

        Instead of downvoting you, as is the style on these types of platforms it seems… I’ll actually try to link a few websites. One moment.

        EDIT:

        Crypto is dumb and bad for the environment

        “reward” system, which is not cool

        Further issues some have with the browser

        And really, it is just YET ANOTHER Chromium browser, which gives Google MORE dominance on the web, which is a really really BAD thing. They are the ones who are trying everything in their power to not only siphon data off of you to sell to shady businesses, but also don’t like how we can block ads, which I care the most about, personally. I’m sure there are plenty more people who are way more knowledgeable than I that can explain the domino effect of what happens when a company has total domination in a field, be it technology or otherwise.

        EDIT2: Opera (and Opera GX) for those that like it for some reason…

        Opera is shady as fuck too!

        • @[email protected]
          4•12 hours ago

          Thanks for actually answering my question. It was a genuine question based on my opinion for what I knew.

          Based on those articles, the crypto stuff doesn’t necessarily worry me as much as the affiliate highjacking that they were caught doing. I wasn’t aware. Honey recently got caught up In a scandle just as bad if not worse (by scale of users).

          And yeah, I heard Opera was pretty terrible. I wanna say I heard the developers of themselves opera left and created Vivaldi and Opera is Chinese owned I think? I could be wrong on that.

          Either way, thanks.

          • @[email protected]
            4•11 hours ago

            Of course! I’d rather send links to someone than sit there and just downvote and move on, even if said person ignores every thing I sent. I tried to help!

            My go to is this: Is it Chromium? Move on!

            I want to see more Gecko and Webkit browsers than yet another freaking Chromium browser!

            The Chinese ownership is stated in the “opera is shady as fuck!” link I sent! When you have time, and if you care enough, I’d recommend looking at the myriad reasons why they are both just really bad browsers, even for someone who can ignore the crypto garbage!

            Anyway, have a good rest of your day, Jack! :)

            • @[email protected]
              4•11 hours ago

              Yeah, I’m not exactly thrilled on chrome either but at a certain point I think it comes down to “who’s fucking me the least”. Which I totally understand it’s probably still chrome but I think just like with privacy, there is no sweet spot with browsers. It’s all subjective on each person’s threshold and what they want/need.

              Call me crazy, but an example I’ve been thinking about is this:

              Firefox is great. But with their recent TOS addition a lot of people want to jump ship of which ive seen a lot reference forks of Firefox. If, hypothetically, mozilla followed suit and became the next google, wouldnt a lot of those forks just be getting their updates from upstream (depending on the type)? And either way, they would be gecko which is developed by mozilla. So if 10 years from now mozilla goes the data route then we could be back in the same predicament.

              Of course, those forks might not add crypto or screw over creators by affiliate link highjacking so I get there’s more to it then that.

              But either way, I kinda look at these things like the Signal messenger argument. Is it a perfect solution? No, some people say go further because it’s centralized but it does offer a great mix of security and eas of access. And I think those trade offs apply to browsers as well.

              Anyways, thanks again and have a good one as well! I appreciate the discussion!