For search engine I like Startpage. For photos it does not have the DuckDuckGo block and report AI images, but it seems to do that well automatically from my experience. Qwant is another option.

https://temp-mail.org/ has usually worked well for me, issues aren’t too common, but they can be detected. Maybe make a throwaway Proton email and use their alias feature? Proton aliasing is good and bypasses temp mail detection from my experience.

Open up a VM and run Red Star OS, that should be a lot faster than Ubuntu

Librewolf, Librewolf all the way. It’s a bit heavy-duty with the privacy, but that can be toned down in settings.

WOO! This is proof that we actually have power! I am so relieved to see that democracy still exists here!

A VPN? That routes the traffic to the other server, so the ISP can only see you’re connecting to a VPN. Most people recommend Mullvad, I personally use Proton and Windscribe, both free, open source, and trusted.

I’ve never used it, but I’ve heard good things about Notesnook.

It’s because you skipped the transition process.

The free to free pipeline is real.

Linux for most is an active decision and requires some knowledge about tech and an interest in it, whereas Windows is default for most and used by most people, not just people who like tech.

Never had a problem on Lemmy or Mastodon with a VPN. If you create a Reddit account through a VPN, though, you will get shadowbanned. I made my Lemmy and Mastodon accounts with a VPN and had zero issues.

Glad to see so many against, horrible to see that many for, let’s not let this get passed.

Ever since switching I’ve needed to hold myself back from mentioning it in every conversation. I thought it was a meme, but it’s real!

Thanks, I’ll check it out! It seems like a very popular suggestion

Thank you so much! Kdenlive is a popular suggestion so I’ll check it out

Thank you!

Thanks!

The wording is very vague, not saying exactly how, but with how everything globally is going, I doubt just typing an age is what they mean.

Or not just coding into it already verified so you DON’T have to do all these invasive things like ID scans?

Oh no? I’m sure some people won’t code workarounds…!