I use Safari with the AdGuard (free tier) app. Haven’t seen a YouTube ad in months.

Is Mac better with Steam and games now?

It could be soon. Apple just dropped their Game Porting Toolkit last month.

One of the first things I always install is an Adblocker.

• Safari: AdGuard (free tier is fine)
• Firefox: uBlock origin
• Chrome: uBlock origin

Blackhole: Allows you to split/duplicate/route audio between apps on your Mac.

probably to avoid cannibalising sales on the steam/gog side

I use this one; works great for both peripherals and external hdds.

The truly horrifying part about all of this is that the large corporations who are mostly responsible for greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to conduct business as usual. I’m doubtful anyone has the (political) will or ability to force them to stop…

+1 for Adguard, link for convenience. No need to pay either, the free tier is more than adequate.

Anyone that has done software/hardware development knows that more new features usually means more bugs/broken stuff. I’m always glad to see stability/minor updates

does not let me read news

This isn’t always an issue with your adblocker. When it comes to bypassing paywalls, I can’t recommend 12ft.io and archive.is enough.