Thank you for the work you do maintaining this server! And for keeping us updated!

Whats pixelfed all about? Im only now hearing about it.

I tried Searxng but it just wasnt giving good results at all. And lacked far too many features of a modern search engine imo.

The thing is you kinda have to trust the word of all companies with how they collect your data and how they monetise themselves. I still think startpage is one of the best alternatives for privacy. Also my adblockers seem to work fine on startpage’s ad links so i dont see them.

Have you considered StartPage ?

It returns google results whilst stripping of all google tracking and does not track itself either.

I was considering tutanota but it felt too small and lacking some features that proton seemed better for. I may look at it again.

I cannot move from simple login though. I bought a lifetime plan which also includes proton pass and i use simple login extensively now.

I do use a custom domain but not for most things which i use simple login domains. My custom domain uses my full name and i dont want that associated with some random newsletter or game company etc. But important services are on my custom domain so not the end of the world and can change them all. I dont know who could replace simple login though.

Ffs. I just switched a ton of stuff over to proton. Hopefully this is an individuals view and not that of the company as a whole.

Im british and yes that annoys me.

You have to have admin on a subreddit i believe. I just made my own and then it works.

I’m still using boost. Both for lemmy and reddit.

Oh really? I’ll look more into that thanks.

I saw people mentioning an open source and self hostable search engine (SearXNG) which is cool and I tried it out but it gives not very good results. I tried searching for specific sites and it would show anything but. But it’s fine for general info.

I still don’t think there is anything else other than startpage that is as private while giving good search results. I don’t believe that startpage is collecting data on users like google/Microsoft do and I don’t think duckduckgo is as good in that regard either. It still makes sense for startpage to be owned by an advertising company since it does show ads mixed with the search results. The difference is they are not personalised or tracked to you (so they say).

So if you have any evidence of System1/startpage tracking users and collecting personalised data on users for anything other than general usage and diagnostic analytics then I think it’s fine. If you do, then I will stop using and recommending it.

Start Page. Google results without the Google.

Or duckduckgo

Mine will take every opportunity to steal my chair. If they can’t sit on my chair they will sit on my lap or otherwise on my desk in front of me so I can’t see my monitor.

If I had my door shut, as soon as I open it they often come sprinting in and jump straight on it.

Every time lol

Glad it’s not just me.

Is there a list to check? I have a gen 3 Echo dot

This is awesome!

Ffs why! It’s not like they rely on online servers

Keep the rule permanant

All of social media will be. Even for those of us not in the US. It’s bad enough with the moaning about our own governments.

I had not. Thanks for sharing