Obsfucation can help stimey scripts. I saw using a non-standard port mentioned.

You can also setup a reverse proxy to deliver a different, empty site to a different dns entry by default. Use either a completely separate (as opposed to multidomain) cert for each, or a wildcard cert.

Jellyfin also supports using a custom path, instead of delivering at the root. Your reverse proxy would need to be configured accordingly.

Oh cool! I didn’t know about this. Thanks for sharing.

I wonder if they ever really have? When I was in school they taught you how to use a computer, but not what the computer was doing or how it worked.

I’m not too connected to the educational sector anymore but anecdotally it seems like becoming tech literate has a growing stigma (it’s always had a stigma). Happily ignoring what it’s doing while it’s actively abusing you.

What kind of problems? I use syncthing, curious if your past issues might be my future ones.

I’ll go research that, thanks for the heads up!

Ironically/coincidentally – Can I blame Alannis Morisette for my lack of understanding of the differences? – I watched “V For Vendetta” recently. Nov. 5th and all.

In it (if you’re unaware) the US tore itself apart while the UK kept some semblance of order through authoritarianism. So, feels half right? We’re tearing ourselves apart over attempted authoritarianism.

“national security threat” == “threat to the regime we’re trying to establish”.

I saw a rumor mill style post that Apple was going to allow sideloading of apps. If so, that’ll probably get me to switch. These changes and choice in software eliminates my gripes with iOS vs. Android.

As a point of clarity, I think both suck. But if Apple removes it’s disadvantages (even if by force) and is the more privacy respecting option out of the box, it makes sense to me.

Seconded. It will work for your Linux/Android use case and has apps for some smart TV devices, if that’s useful.

a not-insignificant number of users will simply abandon YouTube if this keeps up.

I regetfully disagree. I think very few people will leave the platform and that the additional revenue generated from those that use adblockers but allow YouTube ads will easily cover the difference of those that do.

I don’t say this to discourage boycotting. Fuck google, do it if you want to!

This is what I came to express as well. Unless the software is open source, both client and server, what they say is unverifiable and it’s safest to assume it’s false. Moreover, the owning company has a verifiable and well known history of explicitly acting against user privacy. There is no reason to trust them and every reason not to.

I use syncthing + Joplin for this. I haven’t looked into exporting data but I’d be surprised if it couldn’t. Otherwise it checks your boxes. Joplin also supports encryption, which wasn’t on your list but is a great feature.

Joplin supports a handful of sync methods but using a file based sync with syncthing is nice because it’s less effort and maintenance to run than self hosting nextcloud, for example. And since it’s purpose is to sync as opposed to remote access, you still have access to a copy your data even if you can’t reach any of your syncthing nodes for whatever reason. Though to be fair you can do that with nextcloud as well.

Pfft. My gramgram self-hosts on her own LFS build with a hardened kernel and custom written SELinux policies. All your grandparents need to get on her level.

Disclaimer: Everything here is a lie.

I use mpd-sima for autoplay functionality. It would in turn require using mpd or mopidy.

It queries last.fm for recommended artists and tries to find a match in your playlist. It works, but honestly it’s not great. I don’t think it’s any fault of the software. Last.FM doesn’t know your library and seems to return limited results, so it’s like a game of battleship actually getting a hit. (Not quite that bad, but the analogy holds water, overall)

Maybe a Raspberry Pi or similar single board compter running Kodi and a USB based wireless remote? Not as simple as some out of box solution (if any exist) but should be easy to use.

Firefox or some flavor of Firefox. Maybe keep a secondary chromium based browser around if there’s something you NEED that doesn’t work in Firefox for some reason. That said though, I’ve been Chrome-free for some time with no issue.

I mirror your concerns but as long as there’s money to be made, the thing that makes money will continue to happen. Advertising is part of that, and if they can harvest our data to target ads, they will.

We won’t win the fight against money. What we can do is block/avoid advertisements, avoid (as much as possible) services that are known for this behavior, support services that are known to respect privacy, and educate those that are receptive.

I like Arch, but I don’t think it’s a good fit for the fed up with Windows crowd.

Oh I wouldn’t say I’m a beginner. I’ve been scripting and coding for… 20 something years. I’m just not very skilled. Stuff I write tends to be simple and small, so all I really want from my editor is auto indenting and syntax highlighting.

I think if I was trying to manage a larger project I might find use in an IDE, though perhaps it is more of a crutch.

Vim.

If I were a more competent coder I might use a bigger IDE, but for the basic stuff I do, it works great for me.