_cryptagion [he/him]

fair enough

idk if joining an oppressive religious cult where women have less rights than men do is the answer to global warming.

When I tried free Proton I could get up to 600Mbps.

It should be noted for everyone else that this is very likely bullshit, and even if it’s not, your speeds depend entirely upon how full the server is and won’t be that fast most of the time. Proton’s free tier is known for being absolute garbage most of the time, bordering on unusable.

There’s no appreciable difference on how they affect systems between the two for site owners.

Cheering for Cloudflare to be the arbiter of what technologies are allowed is incredibly short sighted. They exist to provide their clients with services, including bot mitigation.

Well I suppose it’s a good thing then that the anti-AI shield is opt-in, and Cloudflare isn’t making any decisions for anyone on whether or not AI scrapers get to visit their pages. That little bit of context makes your entire argument fall apart.

It should be pointed out that Cloudflare didn’t say they were going to block AI traffic, they give you the option to. The service is a free opt-in for people who want it.

The anti-AI shield and bot-fight mode are free, you don’t need to pay anything to use them.

Wireguard disconnects the WiFi.

However, it has been pointed out to me that my problem was using the GUI for NetworkManager to add the VPN, which apparently is shit for Wireguard. I added the VPN using nmcli instead and so far it’s working as intended.

I don’t think it’s Bazzite, as it didn’t work on NixOS or Nobara either. It’s got to be something with my ISP, because as I said in my previous comment, it hasn’t worked over multiple distros.

EDIT: it’s been pointed out to me that using NetworkManager for Wireguard setup is shit. Instead use nmcli, this seems to have solved my problem.

I’m using Bazzite Linux with KDE, and for me Wireguard setup is copy/pasting several bits of information on multiple settings pages. OpenVPN is just downloading a single config file and inputting my user/pass.

Also, Wireguard disconnects so often, no matter which distro I’m on, that it’s a pain in the butt having to reconnect a few times an hour. Not to mention that I can’t have it set to autoconnect on login, or my internet doesn’t work until I disconnect and reconnect.

Location isn’t the only way they can track your position. Things like nearby WiFi networks and the times of day you get on also tell them where you are, because your neighbors probably have their location on and their phones sees the same networks yours does. Not to mention, any other data that the app is allowed to access. If I remember correctly, there’s a long list of information the app requests from the device, and even if you’re behind a VPN and on a custom ROM that refuses to give even half of that data to TikTok, the other half is enough to fingerprint you.

For that matter, the fact you’re using a custom ROM is a big waving flag that advertises your identity. How many people do you figure use CalyxOS in your city? I’d wager the number is less than you think. If it’s a smaller city, you may be the only person TikTok knows who uses it.

what does that have to do with anything?

some MAGA chud named “freedomadvocate” being a transphobe. how surprising.

I’ve heard that people made from carbon taste like the real thing too, you all should try it!

Where’s that dude who was saying Proton was enabling terrorism for threatening to leave the country?

I use a selfhosted instance myself. I can send you the link to it, but I obviously don’t make any guarantees on reliability.

Why not use SearXNG? Hop on a public instance and then not only can they not track you, but nobody can tell who searched for what since the instances don’t keep logs. Best part is, you can still search with any engine you desire while using SearXNG.

ah, well, I’m also of a demographic that doesn’t know anybody with a new house either.

you mean houses you go to now aren’t filled with books? I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have at least a small book shelf.

the “fascist propaganda” they are talking about:

in other words, he’s equating my joking about his insinuation there is a “pro AI crusade” with a genocide against him.