Probably an arctic fox you heard.

Host system is Ubuntu LTS, and unless they do something stupid like for example making snaps mandatory I can’t see myself switching. Only used it for a couple of months though, before I was on windows, but I’ve been using Linux VMs since 2008.

Sandbox your browser in a VM or something. Don’t use the same browser/VM for banking/personal stuff and everyday browsing. Most browsers should work. (Except Chrome/Edge/Opera/Yandex). Personally I prefer Firefox. LibreWolf can also be an option, but you have to opt-in to see videos with DRM etc. Tor is also an option, but the downsides are captchas and websites that block you.

If you’re even more extreme you can also use uBlock Origin in “hard mode” and the no script toggle. That will block JavaScript and prevent websites from connecting to any 3rd parties, anything from tracking servers to CDNs. That will definitely break websites, so you’ll have to know how to unbreak them, which can be quite the learning curve for some people.

Why not Chrome/Edge/Opera/Yandex you say? Chrome is owned by an advertising company. Edge tracks you plenty. Opera and Yandex are made by companies in authoritarian states.

I just block the repost bot users/communities.

Skrämmer livet ur mig varje gång den kör in på området.

Those are on my playlist queue. :)

I’m wondering why websites keep using fake paywalls when they can use a real one where the content isn’t available until user verification.

While talking about alternative front ends.

Try with the invidious instances or piped instances that are the closest to you.

Rather than manually adding communities, could it be made to fetch active/hot communities from for example: https://lemmy.world/api/v3/community/list?sort=Active ?