Between that, having high bit rate music, and last I recall being the music streaming platform that pays the actual artist the most, Tidal is making a strong case for being the best platform out there.

If you’re savvy, look at blocking them at the dns level with software like pihole or blocky.

Gotta say I really love CoMaps. I think it’s currently the most viable Google maps replacement!

Installation is pretty straight forward, usually it looks like plugging into your OBD2 port, running a cable up to your window, and attaching an adaptor into your camera system. It basically sets up like a dash cam, but with more integration into the vehicle.

The software and device currently supports 325+ cars. I think the car needs to have electronic steering and the automatic distance keeping features. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like Volvo is supported, but the project is open source and can always grow. There are also community forks, I am currently using SunnyPilot.

You can find out more on their website, https://comma.ai/ .

Indeed it is. The comma has that same effect except maybe five fold.

I’ve been using a comma 3x for quite a while now and I really enjoy it, I love to see the progress!

Used it on a cross country road trip to see the solar eclipse in full totality and it was amazing how much it reduced my fatigue from driving long hours.

Probably used a VPN I’d imagine, but I haven’t watched the video

Bitwarden is the best in my opinion

I’ve really been enjoying Kagi. They seem to have a pretty good privacy policy as well. However Searxng is probably the best for privacy since it’s self hosted.

I just installed Pop!_OS 22.04, after finally ditching Windows 11 entirely. I picked it because it seemed easy to use, well suited for gaming, and popular with good support.

So far, everything has been great!

I’ve been pretty happy with Kagi and they have a decent privacy policy: https://kagi.com/privacy

Depending on the size of the screen and the sitting distance, sometimes 1080p is more than enough.

Seconded, breezy weather is amazing. I’ve installed it from source with obtainium.

IIRC didn’t it start out as XBMC, a media center you put onto the original Xbox?

When companies start to focus too much on growth usually they start to lose sight of their values and greed begins to take over. That said I just checked their ad policy and while they do physical ads, it’s still a pretty reasonable policy.

They still won’t be showing up on random YouTubers videos like Nord

One of the things I liked about Mullvad was that they didn’t advertise. Has this changed recently or did they always do outdoor ads?

Gandalf the White, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail’s Black Knight

You can buy music without DRM on Bandcamp, and on Bandcamp Friday a larger share goes directly to the creator. It’s a great way to support your favorite artists.

I tried out this OS last year and really loved it, until I went on a road trip and couldn’t use Android Auto. This is huge and will make GrapheneOS an extremely attractive option to privacy minded people.

Try it, you won’t regret it! I find myself not even reaching for Google anymore.