You make a good point tbh
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That's a struggle, but I've heard of some great music storage self hosting services out there, can't remember the names of any atm tho
There is also the option of sideloading a modded YouTube client for the adblock aspect.
I was thinking about getting 256GB version of the phone and self hosting a storage solution, but I ain't got the server to do that yet, might aswell pay for icloud drive until I finish my studies. Luckily I dont need alot of storage, just need the security of having stuff backed up.
I also selfhost adguard home over my home network.
Yeah I guess getting hate for choosing Apple is fair, I was anti-apple a few years ago but now I would rather get rid of Google, and ios isnt bad nowadays either for my use cases.
I could just go for a fairphone tho with /e/OS tho
That's funny, if I truly wanted zero spyware, I'd go with a Fairphone running /e/OS. But even then, I'd still need certain government apps to function as a citizen. Since I prefer Apple over Google and I'm not ready to go full privacy-hardened, I'd rather find a balance between convenience and privacy protection.
On phone there is Grayjay and Youtube Revanced, on iOS there is modded versions of youtube that you can sideload that removes ads. But perhaps you were talking about ditching the youtube platform entirely
I just moved to mailbox.org for my mails.
I've been trying out Ente Auth as my 2FA, it's also open source with a pretty ui.
And for password manager my goto is currently bitwarden, you get all the features you need for free and it's open source.
Trying to convince my family to do the same feels impossible, they don't care about this stuff lol
Matrix is open source, should give that a try,
it could be a bit more user friendly tho
The biggest downside of ditching Windows is losing that comfort zone where everything just works without thinking about it. But if you're cool with putting in some effort to learn new stuff, Linux will feel way snappier right from the start.
Since you've got an Nvidia GPU, I'd definitely go with CachyOS - it's been my best Linux experience for gaming and daily use. The Linux community respects it too: https://cachyos.org/
For your setup specifically, you'll probably like how much less space Linux takes up compared to Windows, plus it's way lighter on system resources so your older hardware should perform better. Gaming works surprisingly well these days thanks to Proton, most stuff just runs.
You could dual boot first to test it first without committing. CachyOS would be perfect for what you're doing.
While I can't find any source to back up my claim that it certainly drains some amount of battery, can you provide any evidence that it doesn't impact battery life? Given that GPS uses significant processing power
Wow. New knowledge unlocked, thanks for sharing
You mean its more possible on Samsung?