Its time to share the wiki and get your friends on board the ship as we set sail. We all have to rally together to stop the neverending subscription model.

Give them this map; its all the booty they need: https://rentry.co/megathread

  • Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    265·
    1 年前

    The first line in the megathread is silly

    Instead of installing firefox and setting up… Just install Librewolf. A firefox fork with UO built in, and all the privacy settings activated by default. Even the hidden ones.

    And yes is still supports FF sync etc.

    By default it clears cache etc when you close it. It can be annoying for some users.

    • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
      211·
      1 年前

      Firefox > Any fork. You can set up Firefox exactly like any fork you like but still get same day updates and security patches.

      • Vex_Detrause@lemmy.caEnglish
        15·
        1 年前

        We should have a section on the mega thread on how to setup Firefox. I would guess I don’t understand >70% of the options in the settins.

  • lorty@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    1 年前

    I’m glad this community exists. I’m a very lazy pirate so having all this info in a easy to find list is great. Thanks everyone!

  • Morgikan@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    1 年前

    Mullvad no longer supports port forwarding and isn’t really used by anyone in the torrenting community any longer. Most of those users have moved over to IVPN or AirVPN.

      • Morgikan@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 年前

        Port forwarding allows you to connect to DHT/PeX swarms and helps saturate your client with connections. In practice, it allows for faster speeds as more connections are established.

        • Omega_Jimes@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          1 年前

          I literally did not know this. I haven’t had any kind of issues so I’m not going to worry about it, but it’s something that I would have considered during initial setup.

  • sebinspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 年前

    I really wish CGPeers had open registration. I feel like you all would love the shit out of that.

  • itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.mlEnglish
    62·
    1 年前

    is PIA still a decent VPN? What about torrent clients? I used to use an older version of uTorrent but now I’m on Kubuntu and it has a built in torrent client.

    • gazby@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 年前

      Short answer by making a few assumptions: Don’t patronize PIA unless you can’t or don’t want to pay for better, and the built in torrent client is fine if you’re happy with it, but qBittorrent would be a good match with your desktop environment if you want to try something else.

      Happy to answer questions in like 10h when i’m awake again lol

    • Platform27@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      1 年前

      PIA is owned by Kape Technologies., a dodgy company, founded by a member is Israel’s Intelligence Devision. They’re known to spread malware, steal users data, and redirect traffic to advertisers. That being said, PIA claims that despite being owned by Kape, they remain in control of their day-to-day operations. I haven’t heard of any major issues, since the acquisition. Kape also seems to like the profitability of their (several) VPNs.

      Up to you if you trust them with your data. Personally, I do not.

    • Whom@beehaw.orgEnglish
      3·
      1 年前

      PIA is pretty shady. I’m only still using them because I paid for multiple years of service and while they’re a bad choice for privacy, it does the job of not making my ISP angy.

    • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 年前

      I signed up for a lifetime price of PIA because it was very cheap and have been using it ever since, but recently I noticed they doubled the charge out of the blue on me with no notice.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    119·
    1 年前

    I honestly can’t understand people bitching about getting screwed by subscriptions, or the number of them they have.

    I got Amazon Prime because I started buying most of my shit that way during the pandemic. (Guess who’s never caught COVID!) But all I care about is the discounted shipping. I still steal their videos and put them on my NAS.