Hadn’t realized how reliant upon Reddit I’d become for news and interesting things until after it turned to shit and I quit it. I’ve rediscovered RSS for ex., using reader apps to scan sources directly and read without all the noise—that actually came from someone’s recommendation here in the comments. I’ve found several new sites with deep, knowledgeable articles and discussions, like https://theconversation.com/us (free! No ads! Also discovered through the comments here), and my engagement with articles and their sources has gone WAY up. I’ve stopped reading garbage comment sections, too, and I’m just feeling better mentally as a result, disengaging from the endless, low effort memes/jokes and the mean, toxic comments*. Anyone else?

(Thanks again, admins—really enjoying and appreciating how Beehaw is run!)

  • EvkobEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’ve noticed I’m spending more time looking at content that I actually want to engage with.

    I’ve also been on a huge FOSS hyper-fixation for the past week after replacing reddit with Lemmy. I’ve stopped using Youtube in favour of an open-source front end (Piped), I finally ditched Windows as my main OS and set up EndeavourOS, found an open-source Spotify front-end for desktop (psst) as well as an alternative for mobile (ViMusic).

    If anyone has any other open-source software to recommend, hit me up!

      • EvkobEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        I love it when I’m already using something open source without even knowing it’s open source! Joplin is a great recommendation, I’ve always struggled finding note taking apps that strike a good balance between power and convenience.

    • palitu@lemmy.perthchat.orgEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Ummm…

      I too have (now) found the new front end! Woot woot!

      And now I need to check out ViMusic…

      You bad person who has taken more of my time! Thanks 😀

        • EvkobEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Sorry for the super late reply, but I just found out about Spotube which might be more like what you’re looking for and it made me think back to this comment. It lets you connect to your Spotify account.

          So far it’s kinda buggy on my phone, but my phone is also a piece of shit so your mileage may vary.

    • GiganticPrawn@beehaw.orgEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      If you’re on Android, take a look at f-droid. Kind of like Google Play Store, but for FOSS.

      Ive been using Unraid (not FOSS), and there are a Ton of FOSS containers that I play around with all the time. I have one for budgeting, hosting a website, updating Dynamic DNS (website), and a whole bunch of others.