Howdy

Pretty much the same here. the storage to quality ratio isn’t a big enough difference to make it worth it to me for anything over 1080. 720p is noticable but I’ll still use it no problem.

Tee hee

I’m new too but I separated by root and home partitions this last install to try and allow that.

Torrents yes, always VPN. If you’re doing the debrid route, not required but personally I still do.

I am a big fan of mullvad VPN as they take no info from you to create an account. Can pay with crypto. No name, email or anything tied to their service. Used proton, nord and pia in the past.

Not sure about your asks specifically but give smartlauncher a try. Even though it has a PAID version I’ve used the free version for like a decade.

ublock Origin + pihole.

For my pihole I use these lists: https://github.com/sefinek24/Sefinek-Blocklist-Collection

Ubuntu, Pop!_os, KDE… Currently on fedora. It’s been solid. I honestly think I like pop the most but I was having weird gpu issues which haven’t showed up over on fedora.

I’m gonna be honest. I never have done that till today. Wow… So much easier. Incredible.

Exactly what I do… I keep thinking it’s too good to last. I still download things if I know I’m going to rewatch them a lot.

Hello.

Just another silly thing related. I tried to view the magnolia bypass paywall clean on gitlab the other day (after it had the DMCA takedown) and my gitlab account got “blocked”. Maybe because I was also on my VPN? Or was it because I viewed that repo? I have no idea. Total shit.

Cool project, pretty pricey… Seems like a very niche market for something like this. Also, I agree with “ploopy” is a terrible name. Lol.

🤢man, the 80s were wild… No thought of the future or consequences. Just what feels good! Lol

Yup, I’m using transmission in a docker container that ensures my VPN is always connected. Nice to not have to worry about that.