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Did not need to switch as I've been using my own domain names (French registrar with French and/or German hostings) since I created my first website... back when quite a few of you reading this today were not even born yet. No, that does not mean I'm that old. Absolutely not :p

I also have a proton and a tuta account (and @ mailbox.org one), just in case someone prefers a more privacy-friendly email than my non-encrypted domain emails, and since neither tuta or Proton are compatible when exchanging encrypted emails, I have both. That being said, I seldom use them: most people simply don't care about privacy.

I use(d to use) gmail for all crappy online stuff I don't care much about losing access to. I will probably end up getting rid of it entirely but, to me at least, even though I know it's possible to do it without a YT account, that would also mean quit watching YT, which is something I still appreciate doing.

"With each IT service our government moves to American tech giants, we become dumber and weaker," Dutch MP Barbara Kathmann, author of four of the motions, told The Register. "If we continue outsourcing all of our digital infrastructure to billionaires that would rather escape Earth by building space rockets, there will be no Dutch expertise left."

True that. For every nation. And not just with IT services.

But then at the same time those governments (talking from France, btw) do their best to prevent any initiative by making it a hassle to start a business, and by punishing the (unavoidable) failures that starting a business, and taking risks and taking the initiative means. We should encourage people to fail (and start over again), if we want to see a few of them succeed.

Quite early in the year to pick one favorite, but so far I would say:

• A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) by Marcel Proust. I'm reading it right now, and probably will take the rest of the year to finish it. I’ve failed for 30+ years reading it, like I just could not get into it and gave up countless times. Earlier this year, it somehow clicked and I’m in awe. It’s amazing.
• An essay and still in French (like Proust, there are many translations available): Du contrat social by Rousseau. Today more than ever, a fundamental text that is worth (re-)reading. What does it mean to live and to work together, in a society? Where does it come from? And how do we make it work and not end in a civil war? The text itself is a rather short read, but the moment one realizes each sentence has a lot of offer and to reflect upon it becomes a lot more massive. Real slow reading is highly encouraged for that text.
• In English (American): The World-Ending Fire, a collection of essays by Wendell Berry. I wish I had started reading him 40 years ago.

I only browse the web on my computer I have no idea how it looks on a phone but here is a couple screenshots on my computer:

I noticed depending the link clicked the same image could be displayed when clicking various links (ie, the SUN->stories->born and the SUN->stories->sun and SUN->stories->helicopter) , thought you might want to know.

Dont worry contains no ads, monetization, google analytics, any of that. It’s pure; like a sacred thing should be. I have one page to add entries and another to see them.

Anyway, what u think? :)

Not much into 'sacred thing' myself but I can say I quite like the idea ;)

Basically, before I started doing this was prehistory and now there is a record of history. I bet alot of you know what this feels like. Now pics and stories are saved and revisitable.

Indeed, they are. And that's one of the reason journaling is so invaluable: we can go back to it and it won't fluctuate like our memories invariably do. I also like your mention of (pre)history, it's spot on.

• Reading. Like I do with online content, I select very strictly the books I read, doing my best to keep hate/anger (as well as proud idiocy) at bay.
• Writing (& journaling)
• Long walks (edit: nicer weather makes it even more tempting ;)
• Quality time with my spouse
• A little music too.

Nothing fancy, but very efficient as far as I'm concerned.

As far as I'm concerned, it's the other way around. FF was there first ;)

+1 to that.

It's so much more pleasant (well, when the shop owner know what they're doing). I've almost completely quit using Amazon and only shop online for what I can find a local alternative.

Including for books btw, at least here in France, the law has made it so that new books must be sold at the same price everywhere (including Amazon) and since the experience is so much more pleasant in my local bookshops I see no reason to give my money to Amazon ;)

Oh, thx a lot for the clarification :)

Android is from Google, how come would they behave differently if the US government was to require US corporations to act in a certain way?

That may be a silly question (?) but I really don't understand why it matters with an iPhone and not an android phone that they're US?

Est-ce qu’ici certains ont testé Illustrator/Photoshop/Lightroom via Wine

Ca dépend des versions de logiciels que tu veux utiliser, mais si c'est récent, oublie. Encore plus en usage pro: le risque de perdre du temps, et pas un petit peu, est énorme. Jusqu'il y a raltivement peu, je gardais un Mac Studio just pour ce genre de softs—mon ordinateur personnel étant quant à lui passé sous Mint sans le moindre regret.

Je vais me décider à revendre ce Mac, de toute façon il est déjà rangé dans sa boite... C'est juste que, client Apple depuis les années 80, ça me parait dément de ne plus avoir au moins un Mac qqe part ;)

Any browser is an alternative to any other browser, IMO.

But they can't run the same extensions, hence the fact that there is store for FF browsers and another one for chromium browsers. Since people can be very picky regarding their favorite extensions. So, suggesting some FF-based browser as an alternative to a Chromium-based one is the best way to disappoint quite a few potential users... for no good reason.

They all have the same purpose.

Like all computer or phone have the same purpose, still people will prefer one brand over the others, on even in one brand, one model of the other. Despite all of them being phones (or computers). Should we forbid people any choice because you consider it's not important in you use case?