How do you balance using Librewolf default cookie blocking with high frequency sites like email/social media/bank accounts? I find there's a convenience with being logged into some of these sites like the Brave article discusses, instead of having to log in from scratch multiple times a day

Or do you never enable cookies? Just curious

They need to add a Maps tab for easy map viewing on searches

Otherwise, I give their index a B+ compared w/ DDG, Bing, and Google

I cancelled the WSJ but I still get physical mail highlighting their NEW deals

Once you're in their system, it becomes near impossible to prevent them from bombarding you with solicitations to rejoin their service

Which browser do you recommend?

It's not perfect (since its funding is mostly Google) but Firefox is my current browser of choice. It notably has very good support for blocking tracking and unwanted stuff thanks to uBlock Origin, which works best on Firefox according to its main developer [0]. And while it is funded with Google's money (which is a huge caveat), I still hope this changes in the future. Firefox could be funded differently. [By the way] maybe Mullvad browser is an interesting choice for this exact reason?

Other (independent) initiatives like NetSurf [1] and Ladybird [2] are on my radar. NetSurf has been around for a while; Ladybird seems impressive, achieving some great progress and result with little resources. I should actually try Ladybird more seriously when I get the chance, and maybe contribute if I find the time :-)

[0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

[1] https://www.netsurf-browser.org/

[2] https://awesomekling.github.io/Ladybird-a-new-cross-platform...

Probably the one from this post will now be the likely answer.

You can completely disable the crypto wallet.

On-by-default is a terrible security and privacy approach.

I've been using Calibre on all my devices for years and have hundreds of books annotated.

Why would I switch to Foliate?

Calibre is an e-book management and viewer and editor app with numerous features. Foliate is a minimal (design-wise) viewer with an elementary library. If Calibre works for you then you shouldn't because they aren't really comparable.

For me personally:

- Foliate looks better and is easier to read than Calibre

- Foliate opens the file o ask it to open and that's it, while Calibre starts to browse to all my folders and index every pdf and Epub file accessible from my laptop!

Are you also able to access/browse your Calibre library on your phone? And what about your annotations?

Currently i'm resisting not using annotations, because while i manager books on my laptop, i read them on a e-ink android tablet(Onyx air). I would want my annotations to sync two ways if possible.

Not OP, I haven't used Foliate either.

Calibre UI is unappealing and too complex. Sometimes you just need a library of books without the clutter. Foliate looks simpler to use, but for some reason it doesn't allow bulk imports.

>doesn't allow bulk imports

Can drag-and-drop multiple epubs to library view and will be added (but directories raise an error). Can search 'epub' on file manager instead if files are spread in subdirectories.

There is calibre-web[1] which some might prefer.

[1] https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web

So you don’t regularly read The Economist? Why don’t you just cancel your subscription already?

I feel similarly.

My journey has been: VS Code, to Codium, to Atom, to Sublime, to now Vim where I feel the most productive.

I get moving to more minimal lightweight software but why go from VSC to Atom?

Wanted to avoid Microsoft's telemetry and felt like I was being spied on.

There is always fear, uncertainty, doubt on HN when speaking about the benefits of Linux, Firefox, Brave, or Musk.

My propositions, which aren't in vogue on this site:

My Kubuntu system is rock solid and never crashes. Firefox is still a performant world-class browser. Brave's crypto can be disabled and the browser is world-class. And Elon Musk isn't the devil.

60 months ago.