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Apple TV is currently the best balance of privacy and convenience. The only way to get more private is using a PC, but that limits the resolution for most streaming services to 720…

The biggest problem with self-hosting a mail server is reliably being able to send email and have it be delivered to the recipient. Something I have been thinking about setting up …

Same. I have been using Brave Search since its launch and it has been great in my experience. I also love that it has its own index. I have tried the free Kagi trial and it seems t…

I have come across many websites that limit how many passkeys I can add. Some have only allowed one or two.

There are a couple of problems I have with that. 1) Many websites limit the number of passkeys I can link to my account. Some only allow 2 or 3. I have more devices than that. 2) I…

It is disappointing how much of a hassle streaming has become. Both the services themselves and the devices used to stream on. I still love the Apple TV, but I have been using a mi…

Email definitely has its issues, but given that every other form of digital communication is getting worse and more locked down, I have no confidence that a replacement would be be…

It is mostly around Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation. From what I can tell, it is an arbitrary restriction for apps published on the App Store. It looks like UTM can be sideloaded wi…

Yes. See UTM: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/utm-se-retro-pc-emulator/id156... Unfortunately, the performance is very poor due to Apple restrictions on iOS.

One negative of the Pixel camera app is that it forces Google Photos as the gallery app, even if Google Photos is disabled or not installed on the phone. I think there is a third-p…

The iOS app is very simple right now. That is good from a ease of use perspective, but it does not say what model is used and there is no way to choose a different model. In some q…

This is such a high quality game that it is almost unbelievable that it is free and open source. The fact that it is also still seeing active development after more than 15 years s…

I use and appreciate GrapheneOS due to it being one of, if not the best, option we currently have. That said, I do not like how much the project depends on Google. - GrapheneOS is …

I love the ability to block apps from accessing the network. There is no reason apps like the keyboard, camera, or other offline apps and games need access to the internet.

But many browsers on iOS support ad blockers. Most like Brave and Vivaldi have it built in. Others like Orion and Edge have added support for extensions. Firefox is one of the only…

IronFox is essentially LibreWolf for mobile: https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox

As with most new operating systems, its biggest problem was lack of apps. Mozilla seemed to abandon Firefox OS right as Progressive Web Apps were starting to take off, which would …

That can block some trackers, but does not block ads or “suggested” content. There are also some devices that have hardcoded DNS settings that bypass any local network DNS settings…

https://cryptomator.org/

I wonder if that is something new in 25H2 then. My computer also does not have working network drivers out of the box and when I installed 24H2, it just gave me a screen to install…

It lets you use your computer without requiring a Microsoft account.

This is what people defending this are overlooking. While it may still be technically possible to sideload apps, the additional barriers to entry will be enough to push at least so…

I agree. Apple needs to either shrink the notch or add Face ID. I was surprised Face ID was not included initially with the notch, but figured there was a last minute problem or so…

Yes, Tailscale uses Wireguard. If you can use Wireguard, that is great. That is not an option for many people who are behind a CGNAT and/or do not have the ability to setup port fo…