I'd like it if there was a 3rd web. Not normie web, not dark web, but 90's-2000 web where it felt like anything could happen and you needed some skill and willpower to get online. That way you had to earn it and so did the others, so there was a lot less marketing, propaganda and conspiracy theory on it.
I don't know what the rules or parameters would have to be to re-initiate that now.
PS just like the joining process on Lemmy filters out the lazy people without much initiative to tinker and find new places to hang out before they are cool and streamlined.
You could just use a network like Retroshare or something like that.
Imagining a fresh default computer with a new user just sitting down with no blockers of any kind and just wandering around is like imagining a baby sheep in a dark forest.
The internet never used to be like this. It used to be full of shitty GIFs and under construction signs. Also don't forget to sign the guest book and be impressed with the high hit counter.
Yahoo! Also ruled as a search engine.
I setup Adguard home on a rpi4 and run all our devices through its dns with all filters enabled ( Probably overkill tbh).
40% of our traffic is trapped. 40%!! we don’t do anything on internet beyond the usual but it’s interesting that a massive chunk of our traffic is just something tracking our movements.
If interested, our device are Google tv, couple fire sticks, iPad, MacBook and windows laptop. each one pretty much contributes to the tracking evenly and to their respective brand tracking urls, although msh.amazon urls are the highest scores.
Yes! I route my cell phone's traffic through Adguard DNS and roughly HALF the phone's traffic each month is blocked as tracking activity. I knew the spying was bad, but I thought I had already installed some browser tools to cut through the thicket. Yeesh.
I've always heard about this but I'm so uneducated in networking I have no clue what this is called or where to start. Any tips?
Pretty straight forward really, install Adguard home on a always on Linux box (rpi is our movie box) via https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/wiki/Getting-Started and then update all your devices as per the setup instructions from the web app when working so they use the ip address of the rpi as their dns. I was surprised how easy it was to get running tbh.
We have CloudHiker. But isn't good like StumbleUpon! Plus, is kinda repetitive, but works.
Gave up on using tor for my daily Internet use 😔 none of my school stuff worked without javascript
