RaisinCrazyFool

Damn, the market’s crazy. You could get a Pixel 7 brand new, unlocked, for less than $400 when it was still current, 3 years ago.

The only things Pixels have going for them are the aggressive sales and GrapheneOS.

*forward in time

Just be patient. It’s inevitable.

You’ve seen google prevent side loading, and do a ton of shady things at this point. Why not a smear campaign too?

I have heard 1000x more about those than I’ve heard about this Proton issue, so I don’t think that point is valid. This is thread is actually the first I’m hearing of any lobbying trip.

Also, people specifically choosing products for political/ethical/moral reasons are naturally going to be more sensitive to political/ethical/moral failings.

What’s the best alternative? It’s been a while since I used any of them. I checked Tidal recently and it looked like they have an AI slop problem too.

Right. It only works for dedicated ad domains. In practice, that’s a LOT of ads.

On Android, it’ll block most ads, including full-screen ads, within apps.

In will NOT, however, work with sites like Netflix or Youtube, because those use the same domains for ads as for the actual videos.

Yes, everyone should set up DoH (DNS-over-HTTPS) or DoT (DNS-over-TLS). You can do this at the browser level, like you just did in Firefox, or at the OS level.

You can also block ads this way, by cutting off connections to known ad domains before they even start. Mullvad runs a free ad-blocking DoH server anyone can use. See https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls for instructions on how to set that up on your OS.

Firefox has also just announced a built-in VPN, which could help get around other types of ISP-level censorship. That’s probably the only free VPN I’d trust, personally. Mullvad and Proton are well-regarded paid VPNs if you want to go that route.