Melbourne

1843 readers

74 users here now

This community is a place created for the people of Melbourne and Victoria. We are a positive, welcoming and inclusive community. We might not agree about everything, but we always strive to stay civil and respectful.

The focus of our discussions is based around things that effect Victoria, but we are also free to discuss our local perspective on wider issues. Or head to the regular Daily Random Discussion thread to talk about anything.

Full Community Guidelines

Ongoing discussions, FAQs & Resources (still under construction)

Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)

Feedback & Suggestions

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Daily discussion thread: 🐻 Sunday, May 26, 2024 (aussie.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

115 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Firefox is the best mobile browser for android. No ads, no tracking and most importantly, automatic paywall bypassing for news sites.

Wish I'd switched sooner.

Also: if you miss the old google search, try udm14.com

This was created by Google to bypass ads and AI results. Enjoy!

And I have an interview with a recruiter tomorrow! Fingers crossed!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Best of luck with the interview. It's the end of the month so the recruiter might actually do some work.

And congratulations on joining the fox side. You can create a Mozilla account to sync devices like chrome if you're happy handing those details over

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

@tombruzzo @Gibsonisafluffybutt I'm in the process of switching over — I downloaded Firefox quite literally this morning.

I'm also playing around with NextCloud as a possible substitute for a number of Google's other services.

Unfortunately, it looks like Google jumped the shark at this point.

The accountants and managerialists are well and truly in charge. The people who actually cared about building a great search engine, or a great open mobile operating system, have been cast aside.

Panicked decision-making about LLMs and enshittification for profit seems to be the new norm.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@ajsadauskas @tombruzzo @Gibsonisafluffybutt

You may also wish to check out startpage.com as a default search engine. Works well with Firefox on android and seems more respectful of privacy than most (I switched from duckduckgo a while back).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] I run a SearxNG instance and there are tons out there. It aggregates from other search engines, including google, but strips personal identification data from the queries. You can also control which engines it pulls from.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

@tokenwizard @ajsadauskas @tombruzzo @Gibsonisafluffybutt

I'll have a gander at SearxNG

My ability to keep up has lagged a bit in recent decades.

Edited: corrected typo