It wasn’t my dumb idea.

I will as soon as the opportunity presents itself.

Wasn’t my choice. I was 10.

Actually, I have. It gives me better tracking protection than vanilla Safari, it allows me to use SearXNG, and it means I can set a custom homepage. Also, for some reason, Safari has no private mode on my phone.

Not to mention that Mozilla is working on a Gecko-based version of the browser, as Apple is being forced by the EU to allow sideloading, third-party app stores, and third-party browser engines.

Services I Use:

• LibreX (search engine)
• CloudTube (YouTube proxy)
• PeerTube (federated YouTube alternative)
• Tutanota (mail & calendar)
• Organic Maps (maps app based around OpenStreetMap)
• Cryptee (encrypted notes)
• Matrix (chat)
• LibreOffice + Collabora Office (office suite)
• Kiwix (offline Wikipedia & other wikis)
• NetNewsWire (RSS reader, for news)

Arms of the Fediverse I Use Regularly:

• Mastodon
• Pixelfed
• Lemmy
• PeerTube
• WordPress

Dormant Arms of the Fediverse:

• Friendica
• Kbin
• Funkwhale
• WriteFreely

I have installed Linux on all four of my laptops, and I’m hoping to migrate from my iPhone to a Pixel with DivestOS as soon as I move out of my parents’ house (I’m currently 17), or sooner if possible.

I have also swapped many web apps for desktop apps, and my music collection has been based around CDs and DRM-free files since it started in 2016. In addition, I still use DVDs, VHS tapes, and (to a lesser extent) good old-fashioned Torrents for my films and TV shows.

If the internet becomes altogether too bad, there’s always Gemini. Making web apps is trickier, but entirely feasible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)

https://gemini.circumlunar.space/

I think there was also a federated social media site on Gemini, which could interact with Mastodon, but I can’t find it.