Noctambulist

@Noctambulist@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When people recommend Brave browser.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  uBlock Origin works fine with Firefox but it’s not better. Brave Shield is basically UBO rewritten in Rust and integrated directly in the browser code so it isn’t limited by the extension API and works more efficiently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When people recommend Brave browser.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This! I never understand people who recommend Librewolf or other forks over Firefox just because some default settings are better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When people recommend Brave browser.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I trust Vanadium but it’s not the best if you like your web ad-free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a European news service⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you have a source for the oil money story? I’m not dismissing it, just would like to follow up on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a European news service⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like Deutschlandfunk for my basic news. They have their own app Dlf Nachrichten (German, free), as has Reuters, which I use as a secondary source for international news (English, 1 €/week). When I have more time or want to follow something specific, I go for the web versions of newspapers, mostly Süddeutsche Zeitung (German, subscription) and The Guardian (English, mostly free). For European politics Euractiv is pretty good (English/German/others, free).

  I know you said no RSS but you should really consider it. It’s really the only way to handle more than a handful of news sources. I’ve been very happy with Inoreader for years, which allows me to manage over a hundred sources, some of which I only want to monitor for specific subjects.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is with these videos where it's just someone reaction to shit someone else is doing? ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can understand that many people find reaction videos useless and low-effort content. Personally, I enjoy rewatching a lot of shows and it adds to my enjoyment doing so with somebody else. I have nobody in my life who is interested in that, so reaction videos work as a parasocial substitute. I can still see people I like (as little as I really know them) sharing the experience and sometimes having interestingly different reactions and observations.

  BTW: For those who think reaction videos are a sensible way to not pay for the original content, may I introduce you to BitTorrent?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I genuinely can't wait for Mobile Linux to become a thing⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  GrapheneOS has been working flawlessly for me for years. Highly recommend!