You can disable Snaps (and enable Flatpak) in Kubuntu from the package manager gui.

Yeah, the choosing when to see them is the most difficult part. I don’t see that happening in the near future.

So basically all ads… I agree

Interesting… Never thought about that.

How would the website know that you are using a custom DNS provider?

2005

I knew a guy from the US that was also interviewed by some 3 letter agency because his girlfriend was Russian. This was like 20 years ago.

AFAIK the sync is end to end encrypted

Can’t confirm it, but I remember reading that it also has a “duress” PIN that you can use if being forced to unlock, that erases the entire phone.

Exactly. Phones have dedicated hardware that stores the trigger word and wakes up the OS when it detects it.

I got “How to remove a urinary catheter” 😱🤣

I’ll extend that to every product as well. I hate branding specially in clothing.

What about https://www.hyphanet.org/ ?

I used it a long time ago (when it was called Freenet) and it worked really good.

Reading a book or listening to a podcast usually works. If not, I add a couple of CBD puffs.

It’s still very popular in Germany, you can find it in every tobacco store and most supermarkets.

If life is a simulation, afterlife can be simulated as well.

Public transit in NY moves literally millions of people per day, so the chances are still pretty low.

My bank’s app has way less functionality than the web version, but it’s used as a second factor to auth some operations, so I have to use both.

Maybe find a middle ground, like sharing the hosted service with just one or two persons, like a close friend, family member, etc. Could be someone you live with or that you can give VPN access to your network. That way is more private and mainly for your self, but also has some sense of doing it for others to motivate you.