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submitted 10 months ago by BoisZoi@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

I figured this may lead to an interesting discussion in the comments.

How has your use of Technology changed in the past year? I'll start.


  • Due to the rise of streaming services and Sony/discovery removing content from libraries, I downloaded all my iTunes purchases onto a 2TB SSD (which I'll soon need to get another).

  • Like many, I've stopped using Reddit outside of Google search.

  • I've reduced my subscriptions to just two. (Apple One and Google One)

  • I've purchased DVDs/Blu rays of my favorite uncensored shows (Family Guy and American Dad) and ripped them and watch them through Cloud storage (Google Drive via Infuse for Apple platforms, and Kodi for Windows)(I've also purchased MakeMKV just because it is so damn useful)

  • I've used Google App Scripts to bypass some Gmail limitations to make filters that I otherwise couldn't. For instance, in Outlook.com, you can block email addresses and domains before you have ever gotten an email from them. In Gmail, you can't. The best you can do is create a filter that deletes them. In my case, I've created a Google App Script that runs every hour and looks for (@.mil) domain emails and marks them as spam. (I am in college, and I fucking hate that they give my email to recruiters.)

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[-] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
  • Switched to Lemmy
  • Set up DNS blocking for tracking cookies / ADs
  • Set up Proxmox
  • Set up Pfsense
  • Upgraded to gigabit fibre!
  • Set up Invidious
  • Quit using Youtube
  • Quit using Twitter
  • Quit using Reddit
  • Upgraded Wifi to TPLink to cover whole house and to replace consumer level Mesh networking
  • Setup multiple VLANs on my network
  • Put IoT devices on IoT WiFi
  • Put home automation and IoT crap on my Kubernetes cluster
[-] BoisZoi@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Nice internet setup! Do you use Adguard DNS/Home, or a Pihole? The amount of telemetry that IoT devices can send is crazy! I put my families Roku on my Adguard DNS, and it, no joke, sent a request to Google and Roku every 10 seconds. Echo Dots and Fire TVs also send a lot of telemetry, even with privacy options on.

[-] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

My DNS setup at the moment is lazy I am using NextDNS. It lets me individual rules for each vlan though which I like as it gives a lot of control.

[-] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

Did you research OPNSense vs pfsense? I have installed OPNSense, but having bit of performance issues with it, my 1Gbps ISP connection goes down 50% if IPS is enabled. Have been thinking that should I change to pfsense.

[-] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

nah, I just started setting things up and it kept working...

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