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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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[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)
  • Stopped using reddit & facebook

  • started using the fediverse

  • Got my own domain and set up an email via proton

  • vanced->revanced->greyjay

[–] u_u@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How's grayjay compared to revanced?

[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

It's pretty good actually. No ads and you can access videos from a lot of platforms in the one app (including premium ones if you have a subscription to them). It also makes it easier to follow a single creator across platforms. Also, lets you download videos for offline access, allows casting, PiP and a bunch of other stuff.

My only real complaint is that the recommendations aren't very good yet, so I end up going back to YT/revanced to discover new stuff, and there currently isn't any way to use sponsorblock with it.

Still, considering it's in alpha, great stuff.

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Only real downside is the inability to comment but otherwise it's great.