I stopped using Google services a while ago.

I’ve written in the past about my #GoodbyeGoogle story. All part of me trying to leaving Big Tech behind.

I’m getting there.

I have a domain through which I run my own instance of Nextcloud, to replace Google Drive.

The other domain I set up to use for email and other services (albeit it’s via Apple).

In fact, apart from YouTube, my Google account is unused for anything else.

So, why have I received an email from Google advising me to verify my own domain as my recovery email?
How is Google even aware of this?

Rhetorical question, I suppose!

Here is my current tech stack:

* Storage - #Nextcloud
* Photos - Apple Photos
* Email - My own domain (currently via Apple Mail)
* Maps - Apple Maps
* Browser - #Vivaldi (MacBook) #quichebrowser (iPhone and iPad)
* Search - #DuckDuckGo
* Social Media - #GoToSocial

#fediverse #selfhost

Windows 11: Microsoft lança atualização de emergência KB5062170 para falha crítica
 https://tugatech.com.pt/t67482-windows-11-microsoft-lanca-atualizacao-de-emergencia-kb5062170-para-falha-critica

A few months back, I announced that I was leaving the @Vivaldi browser and going back to Firefox full time. The reasoning was that as a uBlock user, I was concerned that uBlock would stop working, at some point, with Vivaldi since it's Chromium based. Well, leaving Vivaldi was a mistake. I see that now. The folks at Mozilla are absolutely clueless as to what their users really want in a browser. They made the decision to end some services so they could focus on AI in Firefox, and this is only one issue of so many.

The small team at Vivaldi know and understand what users want in a browser and they are constantly building and adding these features all the time. Do I wish that Vivaldi was 100% Open Source? Of course! But I can look past this because the team at Vivaldi are awesome, the community is awesome, and they are building a browser that users want. It's really this simple. Oh, and with Vivaldi, Linux isn't a second-class citizen. For me, as a 30+ year user of Linux, this is hugely important. And for this reason, they deserve my support.

Ad-Free YouTube? -- Yes.

1) Vivaldi Browser

Settings > Privacy and Security > Manage Source > Check all the boxes.

2) Install Privacy Badger (add-on)

3) Install uBlock Origin -- Vivaldi still works with it.

4) Go into uBlock settings, and enable all sources.

5) In uBlock to "My Filters" and add this:

www.youtube.com##tp-yt-paper-dialog.ytd-popup-container.style-scope
www.youtube.com##.opened

It’s Friday. Skip the meeting. Make your browser look cooler instead.

On Android, I used to touch the address bar in #Vivaldi and see the most visited sites. Anyone know how to get this back? Presumably this is a Chromium base thing, since it is a design decision for the worse—the sort of move that Google does so well.

@Vivaldi is hands down my favorite web browser for real !!!

I love all the features (way too many to name here)

I love the User Interface

I love the fast updates it gets

How are your bookmark folders looking these days?

A) Neatly sorted into folders like a digital librarian
B) 396 links dumped into a folder called “Mess”
C) A glorious disaster that still gets the job done

Hey #Fediverse, which #desktop #browser do you use and why?

Normally I use #Firefox but recently I am exploring #Vivaldi, and I kind of like it
- It feels faster
- I like the work spaces
- It seems private enough (I use the #privacy add-ons which use with Firefox)
- It is #European (but not entirely open source)

Other then this, I am looking foreward to #Ladybird being ready and available

いままで、#Twitter のアカウントはだいぶ前に削除してはいても、まだそこにいる人たちに対して、どこかで「自分は #Mastodon #Fediverse で、どんなに素敵なアカウントをフォローして、いかに自分のタイムラインを取り戻したか」みたいなことを（たとえ伝わらないとしても）発信したい気持ちがあった気がしていて、それがいまの #X にアカウントを改めて作る唯一のモチベーションかもしれないという予感はあったんだけど、なんかここ数日 #nitter 経由で幾つかのワードを検索してそこに流れているポストを眺めてたらどうでもよくなってきちゃったな

自分には自分の場所があって、#VivaldiSocial から見える #Fediverse もその場所の1つで、それが #Vivaldi とか色んな人と標準化された技術 の力でいまも存在してくれているというだけで十分だなあという気持ちになってきた。

Fun fact: You don’t need a third-party site or extension to create QR codes.

First, enable the QR button:
Settings > Address Bar > Address Field Options > QR Code Generator

Then just right-click any page or tap the QR icon in the Address Bar to get a code instantly.

Vivaldi kombiniert Chrome-Kompatibilität mit extremer Anpassbarkeit und Datenschutz. c't 3003 hat sich den Underdog-Browser genauer angeschaut.

Das komplette Video findet ihr hier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdkr23jcF38

Ich muss sagen, der #vivaldi #browser funktioniert am #apple #mac und auf dem #iPhone hervorragend.

Ein Browser zum weiter empfehlen ... :-)

Uh.. do #ubuntu system updates _typically_ include #firefox ? My laptop updated last night and now I have Firefox again - I seem to recall nuking that from orbit when I switched to #Vivaldi back when Mozilla got into some AI #shenanigans.

Come on #Canonical, do better; sneaky shit like this is why I got off of #windows to begin with.

Ich habe den #vivaldi #browser unter #apple #macos, meinem #iPad und dem #iPhone eingerichtet und am Mac nun als Standard-Browser festgelegt.

Ich bin jetzt mal gespannt, wie gut ich damit zurecht komme und welche Veränderungen es im Vergleich zu #mozilla #firefox gibt ...

#vivaldi might become my Nr. 1 #browser choice. This really is a fine piece of software ... @Vivaldi