I havent looked too deeply into Brave. I'm paying for SurfShark so I use their extension, along with DuckDuckGo as my browser, which-I believe- blocks tracking, but I had to manually opt out. It's been a huge messy soup trying to change every dang thing I use for "the internet". And my brain hurts.

Still waiting for you to present me with any alternatives rather than just plying my feed with articles about how bad Proton is.

A. I don't "promote" anything. I simply noted changes I have made. I have almost zero following.
B. Your choice of words is highly inflammatory and does not promote discussion in any helpful way.
C. These issues with Proton are new to me, so I learned something.

No need to troll.

Thank you for this reminder.

Also... I dislike the mention or placement of references to Dump Truck or his friends on my feed. I'm not here to argue and have no tolerance for nastiness. If you have something more constructive to respond with, I'm listening. Otherwise, you will be blocked.

Pretty sure Proton isn't giving money to them, but merely stating one piece of the puzzle. I am independent... not really a Dem. Everything is volatile and subject to leaning ways I don't agree with. But Proton does remain, however, very committed to data privacy, unlike some others. Suggestions?

Leaning into Discord and Substack for online social and community. (Still haven't figured out Pixelfed or Mastadon.) Just started using Signal for texting/video chat.

Leaning heavily into Hoopla and my libraries.

It might be the soundtrack. Or the fact that it's not really at all about the military and a lot more about humanity.

I don't really know, but... same.