Pardon me if I sounded dismissive. 1Blocker is good, and so is AdGuard.

I remember those being one of the first ones to do the job well, back when Apple launched content blockers. Wipr came much later, and I only recently switched to it (around late 2022).

Joplin’s storage model made me stop using it.

Managing plain text notes should not be this convoluted.

• Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, 7 spanning a decade and a half.
• Ubuntu 10.04 going up to the release where Unity became the default DE (11.04, I think). Came back to 10.04, as it was an LTS release.
• Linux Mint Maya because of Cinnamon, and it was terrible.
• Fedora 16 to 25 or 26.
• Linux Mint 19

Been with Linux Mint ever since. It just works. LM19 was also around the time when I stepped into Apple’s walled garden with iOS and macOS.

On Safari for iOS and macOS, I prefer Wipr instead of 1Blocker.

It’s lighter, easier to use, cheaper, scores more on d3ward’s ad-block test (but that may fluctuate).

E: added specific browser.

some governments […] have been trying linux as a way to cut expenses

I have been hearing such news for close to two decades but not without news where many such organisations switch back to using proprietary software due to a mixture of reasons ranging from usability to politics.

Though I agree with your overall point, I can’t see why rounded corners (or the lack of it) might be a noticeable issue.

Given it is a CPU is limiting the parsing of the file, I wonder how a GPU-based editor like Zed would handle it.

Been wanting to test out the editor ever since it was partially open sourced but I am too lazy to get around doing it

I never found that to be a problem. In fact, I find the thumbnails distracting. But I can see it being a problem for others.

The rare occasion I work with image files, I just open it to identify, if I haven’t already named it properly.

It also helps that most of my workflows are not image-heavy.

Interesting.

Before Shokz was AfterShokz. :-)

The comma is deliberately omitted and it’s placement is left to the reader.

For me, desktop UI peaked at Windows 98.

Installing the 95/98 GTK theme by B00merang is one of the first things I do after a fresh installation of Linux Mint.

I do try other themes once in a blue moon. But I soon realise it is a downgrade and revert back. The last theme I tried was the Arc theme back in mid-late 2010s.

The screenshot for StartPage is blurred for some reason. Re-uploading again:

E: Re-uploaded a fresh copy after restarting Voyager.

Contributing here with another sample point.

I did not find the mentioned link on either search engines’ first page of results.

DuckDuckGo:

StartPage:

I am not sure why a black bar appears when taking a full page screenshot of StartPage on Safari for iOS, but both screenshots are unedited and uploaded as-is.

I am aware of paid alternatives to ad-supported services like email, search, etc.

Even when considering media, music is something one can buy vinyls or use a streaming service that better(?) compensate the artist.

But movies and TV? Aren’t advertisements baked in to what most consume today, albeit at different levels? For instance, product placements in movies, ad-supported free streaming, paid streaming with ads, etc.

Unless we are talking about truly independent media which is either not easily accessible/discoverable to a layman like me, or isn’t as entertaining as the mainstream ones (highly debatable/subjective, as one hasn’t explored the offerings enough).

I would genuinely like to learn more about ad-independent media, and how you consume it.

Thanks for highlighting Pulsar.

I always found Atom clunky, but it was instrumental in changing how editors were made, perceived, and used.

It did not deserve the death/abandonment it got.

I use mainline, and I thought I was incredibly lazy!

I guess I am not lazy enough.

Posy - a channel about anything (along with some really fantastic music!)

I thought the person in the picture was reading code on a tablet device, and was wondering what is wrong with the picture. :D

Why is the code printed in dark mode!?!