天空вℓσи∂ [Unemployed edition] @skyblond@social.cleverlibre.org

And yes, I don't change most of the default settings. So I use gnome and it looks prettier than KDE by default, although I see people configured their KDE looks much better.

About five years ago, I configured KDE and other things too. But it also locks me into my current setup, which, if they stop maintaining or make breaking changes (give my tray icons bar back, gnome), or the settings I relied on are removed, I will be doomed. (And I will never upgrade to windows 11 because I can't put the taskbar vertically on the left of my screen unless MS gives me a 16:10 monitor to compensate for the space usage).

Tried Vivaldi, the browser.

It seems like a super powerful browser with a fully customizable UI and integrated mail client, and calendar things. If I were a businessman or something, you get me, I would definitely like it because I don't need google calendar and Microsoft exchange and any other annoying things, I just need a powerful broswer.

But sadly I'm not that kind of person. I want a simple yet good enough browser where I can install the ad-blocker and call it a day. Frankly speaking, Chrome and Firefox give a pretty simple solution, which they don't offer too many options, but also not too few (I mean, safari).

Why it's so hard. I just want to browse the internet.

I would just stick with firefox for now and see what's gonna happen after mid-2023, when the manifest v2 is deprecated.

Oh, browsers...

I used to use chrome, but they managed to screw them up by removing the ab blocking ability, which I heavily relied on to prevent YouTube from slapping a series of ads in my face.

Now I switched to Firefox, and despite security issues, the performance is not great too, and not all extensions I use support it.

And I tried Brave today. After seeing the built-in crypto wallet, I uninstalled it immediately. Although it can block youtube ads out of the box, that's impressive.

I want to go back to the good old days, when nobody, literally nobody, wants to know everything about you and your data, and nobody wants to slap ads in your face.

Last post before I go to bed (I swear I will go to bed after sending this)

Just noticed the app I used on android, called fedilab, they use a instance search website called instances.social, and the good news is that we're on it.

It's a much better directory service compared to joinmastodon.

So... A decentralised system rely on a central directory service. Well, freemo has already shamed the joinmastodon part. I'll give a app dev 101:

Build your own instances list and host them on aws or github repo or somewhere reliable. Now you won't screw up if third party service goes wrong.

Or, like fedilab, just ask user about their instance url, LOL.

If you can't include everything, then you either put a warning label and a TextInput, or you include nothing. Don't pretend you have done everything.

via @freemo

https://qoto.org/@freemo/109387185090300786

As I said, moderators are not your dad or mom. You need to learn things like report and block and filters, which will makes you and the instance better.

Nobody must serve you a clean/best/whatever you want instance. I mean, everyone should contribute towards it.

It's just doesn't make sense (or maybe it's 2am midnight and my brain stopped working). It's, like I said, you nuked a whole area which killed thousands people just for several bad guys. Why?

(Oh, and in case you wonder, my sensible side has already slept. Now it's the chaos side speaking.😈)

via @skyblond

https://qoto.org/@skyblond/109388776556289890

It works. Partially.

*Panic*