Yep! Despite the hatred for the game due to the combat system, I think it has one of the best, if not the best, stories in the KH Universe. I feel that it and 358/2 added the most value in terms of the light vs. dark aspect.

You walk into a castle and forget why you came here and your whole life.

Reeder if you use a Mac/iPhone/iPad.

Brave is an advertising company first and foremost. It can say it’s privacy respecting compared to Google, but it is still an advertising company.

The whole BAT/Ads/etc. is like what Microsoft is doing with Microsoft Rewards (though at least Microsoft Rewards provides actual value); that is, turning people into lab rats and modifying their behavior in a way to benefit the company. You may not like Bing, but it gives you gift cards or discounts; you may not like the Ads and notifications brave gives you, but you can convert BAT to USD after seeing thousands of ads.

You then have the affiliate shit that went on, which isn’t surprising given they are an ad company, but they didn’t explicit say they did this until caught. Something I can think of that is similar is that Vivaldi’s ad blocker won’t block ads on partners, by default, but Vivaldi in its ad blocker settings shows a list that you “disable” to enable ad blocking on said sites.

Summary by Google Bard:

The article “The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free?” by Gregory Barber discusses the growing movement towards local-first computing.

This movement advocates for a more privacy-focused and secure way of computing, where data is stored and processed locally on the user’s device instead of on remote servers. The author argues that the cloud is not as secure or private as we think it is, and that local-first computing offers a number of advantages, such as better performance, greater control over data, and reduced reliance on large corporations.

Have you tried the website MagnetDL or 1337xto? I had to use it recently for an old (1950s) tv show for my great grandmother and was able to find it: https://www.1377x.to/

I concur.

Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz and Peridot I find very beautiful. Diamonds are neat, and I think the appeal of them is just the refraction of light (hence the shining rainbow effect) + hive mind.

Like, even Obsidian is beautiful and comes in colors other than black, and it doesn’t get the same love.

Straw man and whataboutism at play.

I never made any claims about Microsoft Community. My only complaint was that the Linux community can be toxic at times.

You’re attempting to misrepresent the argument with whataboutism while not refuting anything I said.

I find the community can be toxic at times; instead of helping newcomers or treating each other nicely, the community can be toxic and alienate the people they want to use Linux.

This is the same guy who was “trading” blood with his son, which reminds me of this great clip from HBO’s Silicon Valley:

https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=hBA0AH-LSbo

God-damn was that show a great satire.

This whole “special operation” (i.e., war) thing has just shown how stupid and incompetent Russia’s military is, especially with basic security.

Good riddance to another war criminal.

ITT: OP doesn’t understand internal browsers or how the DuckDuckGo Tracking Protection feature works.

Not as pathetic as spamming a small community.

That article is pure FUD. No new discoveries and is made to garner clicks.

This is applicable to every community based service. Twitter, Facebook, Discord, Forums, etc.

Like every other service, don’t post personal information about yourself online, and you won’t be doxxed.

Hence the word looks.

Started using Piped/Invid or DDG Duck Player instead of YouTube’s website. I find that I dont waste a bunch of time looking for crappy content.

Likewise, I redirect Reddit and Twitter links to libreddit and nitter anytime I click a search result, link or otherwise tweet or post that was sent to me.

I’ve disabled history (when possible)on services to both protect my privacy from prying eyes and in general, I prefer this. If I bought ibuprofen from Amazon, I don’t need them to continue to push and have my Amazon homepage be a Johnson and Johnson ad.

Likewise with the last comment I posted, using user scripts or Adblock lists that hide usernames or addresses on specific websites; very useful when sharing your screen with someone.

Lastly, seeing what I shared via Google Drive, Photos and my account in general and removing. Some shared links from when I was in jr. high existed and still worked…

Delete current watch history, pause and disable watch history or alternatively, redirect her videos to a YouTube front end like Piped or Invid that looks like YouTube.

Transmission on macOS, Windows and Linux.

I used other programs prior, but I like the simplicity of Transmission.

That being said, if you want a full-featured program, qbTorrent and Deluge are great.

I feel ya, Edge is my backup browser, but I use Vivaldi is my main as it’s the best of customization and privacy + UI and features.

Ever since Microsoft’s ads team has controlled the Edge team, Edge has become shit.

I say this as someone who used it for years, and am the mod of /c/MicrosoftEdge@lemmy.world; I have Microsoft Edge controlled by regedits to disable so much bullshit.

When the chromium builds first came out, it basically Chrome without bloatware, but in typical Microsoft fashion, they’ll find a way to fuck up even the good products they create.