I'm actually glad for it. It made me switch to Linux, discover Mullvad Browser and their VPN combo, get a GrapheneOS phone, find an amazing Freetube YT desktop client, and dabble with Home Assistant and PIHole. Plus I migrated to Protonmail and Kagi as my search, and Lemmy instead of reddit is also an amazing change, the discussions I've seen so far feel better and more in depth, and I'm enjoying my time here so far. The lack of endless content is also great, to help with implementing Digital Minimalism.

So, while I hate any large corporation and their greed with more and more passion, it has lead me to a nice privacy journey, for which I'm glad.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Same for me. I switched to Linux, left reddit currently migrating to proton mail and my next phone will be one where I can install Graphene OS onto. More changes will come soon.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Don't get stuck w Protonmail. I did, not worth.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why and what would you recommend instead?

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Host own email, just buy a domain.

[–] Kaizodrack@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Proton is still worth it IMO, e-mail is inherently unsafe and Proton still beats using Gmail or Outlook.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It does but at ~$80/year, you might as well buy a domain and host your own email..

[–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Yes, and host it on Proton. They are pretty reasonably priced compared to paid offerings by Microsoft and Google, and even if you pay them you are still the product. With proton you are the customer.

[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Looked into Kagi. Seems interesting. Personally, I use either Brave search or Searx. There's was post over at Linux@lemmy.ml about open source alternatives to ChatGPT and I might look into those. But I definitely keep Kagi in mind. By the way, How good is Kagi for,um... "sailing the high seas"?

[–] sebi@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Yes but thats a lot of work, what if all this was already setup

[–] AVengefulAxolotl@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Wow, are you me?? :D

I almost did the same, just my phone is not a pixel, so i had to resort to some other custom ROM. And I still just use good ol' firefox with proton VPN most of the time.

P.S. I also blocked our TV from accessing the internet as well. Ex. Codeberg is a GitHub replacement, and on mobile Grayjay/LibreTube works great for youtube.

[–] TheFailedNinja@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can you use tap to pay?

[–] turkishmonky@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If not, there's always the universal three step solution:

Step 1: buy a stick on credit card holder and stick it on your phone Step 2: put in basically any modern credit card Step 3: tap to pay

[–] TheFailedNinja@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

yeah but then you are limited to 1 card, I have my travel card(myki), credit card etc all on the wallet app.