I use an adblocking DNS plus UBO on Firefox

Firefox had the best reader view of any browser and looks great in both mobile and desktop.

Also, uBlock

The idea is to show normies on Threads that it's better over here without so the ads and shit. Let Meta introduce them to the fediverse.

A few years ago I felt the same way. I installed the Should I Answer? app and even limited calls to people in my contacts to get it under control.

I'm on a Pixel too. I'm in the USA and, at some point, Google got their act together on screening calls here. Most spam is rejected outright and the remaining ones get screened by the phone itself. I haven't had spam call in a couple of years now! And I don't have to use Should I Answer? anymore.

I enjoy Firefox as my default android browser because I enjoy the best reader mode and extensions like Dark Reader and UBO. 400+ extensions is more than enough for me. Last time I checked, Chrome offered zero extensions on mobile. It tracks me and sends ads.

Too bad people on mastodon don't have the ability to block an instance they find objectionable for themselves-- oh wait.

Not sure about Lemmy, but we can do this on mastodon. I don't need someone else deciding for me.

Tldr? Couldn't disagree more

Speaking of dark patterns, anyone use TurboTax lately?

I noticed that this morning for the first time. I was wondering why this happened. Had the Ctrl shift L stop working too.

Is it? I found it 15 minutes before posting

Dammit I saw the headline and thought they had already found a new CEO to replace the temp. I obviously didn't even read it yet. I can't believe the old story popped up again 🤬

How can no one else miss Taco Bell's naked chicken chalupa? I loved that thing.

And the McRib is missed every time it leaves.

I use following feed the most, but now that I think about it I need to check out the other feeds more often to find interesting follows. Same goes for trending and discover features, yeah, I'm on Pixeldroid. I rarely use the web too.

56, in Alabama. Pharmacist. Use Pop!_OS on a System76 Darter Pro. I've never used Reddit but I'm a regular on Mastodon and Pixelfed. Also use X. No other social media.

Pop!_OS

Today.

Browser choice. Actually browser ENGINE choice. And the ability to set my own default apps, including the launcher.

F-droid. Side loading.

Over the last 15 years or so I've moved from 1Password to LastPass to Bitwarden. I don't know how anyone manages without them.

I'm not a fan of Meta and I don't want to join Threads. But there may be some people over there I would like to follow. At least on Mastodon, we can block any instance we choose to manually. I hate when instances make the decision for me.

Defederation should be a last resort when there are so many options here for people to tailor their own feeds.

Lol, I think we covered that

Honestly, love Librewolf but I was totally unaware of the other engines this mentioned. Are they as full featured? Do they have mobile versions to sync with?

But you can follow Lemmy accounts from Mastodon

Working in the caddyshack. I use that all the time which makes me think you're genX too. I think maybe the fediverse skews older because we've learned from our mistakes with prior social media.

I agree with you on this much of the time. Especially on sites today that have ads. The fediverse doesn't have that problem.

But the mobile web interface isn't that great yet for Lemmy. Pixelfed's web interface is so good I debate whether or not to use an app but Lemmy isn't there yet.

I just blocked it's Internet access

Brave is great on mobile, but they still don't have the Firefox reader view.

Brave is my second choice.

I know nothing about kiwi or yandex. Maybe the next time I'm checking out alternative browsers I'll take a look. Do they have desktop and mobile versions?

Contains ads? Data shared with third parties? Not feeling it.

Glad I could help

The gay marriage thing is not a good look now, but it's worth noting that he's not trying to abolish it today.

And the referral link things is also old and it was walked back after it was discovered.

Choose your tools based on your needs because everyone will have some politics you don't like.

As far as I know, you are correct. My main browser is Librewolf and search engine is DDG. But I still use Brave when I rarely need a chromium browser or alternate search engine and he gains nothing from that.

I've had the best experience with Summit. Went through quite a few before stopping here.

I gave up on Element. It was using more battery than any other app and I didn't know anyone else using it. Now I'm just using Session or Telegram for anonymous messaging. Yeah, I know Telegram is not ideal.

This.

So the difference between PieFed and Lemmy mostly becomes interface? Or is it the server backend?

It is my default. I use ublock and Dark Background Light Text extensions. And the reader view is better than any chromium phone browser.

They are going to need an algorithm if they want to keep people. The whole fediverse needs it for that matter. It makes for less work for the user base. User chosen or created is fine, but they need it.

I'm the only Android user in my family. We use Signal for messaging and video calls. Anything Google implements is not likely to be cross platform anyway.

Sync works great over here. It even syncs history which is great because I use an extension on the laptop to limit history to 28 days and that becomes synced with Android without an additional extension.

I'm talking about previewing PDFs, mp4s, and photos in the finder by selecting the file and hitting the spacebar.

And Linux really needs an app like Preview too.

I just like to run a browser on my laptop which can sync with the browser on my phone