[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

The more people switch from Chromium browsers, the less money they get! The more people switch from Google services, the better. Remember that they get money from us using their services.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago

Ohhh, thank you for the information! I'll look into something like Waterfox then.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

I don't really see how that can be the case when Chromium is open-source, though I'm admittedly not very knowledgeable on this subject.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 4 points 2 hours ago

My bad! I didn't see that, sorry.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 4 points 2 hours ago

Not saying this is false, but can you send a link to an article that discusses this? The man in the video didn't.

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Czech Learning (piefed.social)

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A community for people learning the Czech language.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago

I've never seen a Proton advert. Regardless, that is not evidence.

Something that would count as evidence is perhaps this article that proves that they literally did not have access to the emails: https://protos.com/protonmail-hands-info-to-government-but-says-its-not-google/

TL;DR, Proton was demanded to hand over the information that they had on someone to the Spanish authorities. They complied and gave them all the information they had: a recovery email address.

If you have evidence of your claims, please share them, as Proton is a widely used email, but you can't make these sorts of claims without evidence.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago

I agree to not be using something that comes from Chrome, but Chromium is open-source, so it's not like it's actively benefiting Google, right? (Correct me if I'm wrong.)

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I hope writing memes are okay! (media.piefed.social)

Fun fact, while revisiting an old story I published, I realised that, after doing a lot of research previously into the years of a specific thing, that I could not use a name of a place because it was changed in 1954... The story took place in 1955. I am so stupid.

Man. I go back to admiring them from afar.

These aren't weird they're just beautiful and I need them

I feel like I get this. I don't know how to explain it, I just get this.

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Hello all! I've been making the switch from American to European tech, and was wondering your thoughts on Vivaldi browser and Qwant search engine.

Vivaldi is based on Chromium and iirc not fully open source, but is still suggested in European tech spaces, and has a pretty good privacy policy.

Qwant is not open source, though claims to not to sell personal data or store searches.

What are your thoughts and perhaps suggestions for alternatives?

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 22 points 1 day ago

Having exit nodes for their VPN is not the same as collaborating with the government. There is no evidence that the Israeli government has access to any of their information, their servers are hosted in Switzerland.

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Looking for some good website recommendations (I'm good with short stories, not novels yet), preferably one that is privacy respecting.

I hear about a book that sounds interesting (searching or talking to friends for recommendations), and put that next on my list. My next is Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

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After not writing for weeks, I began writing again after gaining new motivation at midnight. Sadly, I could only get a thousand words down before I finally had to succumb to sleep. I've heard a lot about people always getting motivation at night and writing best at night, which I have found true for myself. Night is so different, so still and quiet, that even being alone during the day is not as tranquil as it is at night. It's the prime time to focus. Does anyone else experience this?

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