for free ebooks, as long as it lasts
https://www.gutenberg.org/ should probably also be mentioned in that regard, although it’s only for things that are now in the public domain, wheras 1lib/zlibrary has “everything”
https://unsplash.com/ for a great searchable selection of images to use without any hassle.
youtube-dlcan handle video downloads including other services from twitter and…spoiler
pornhub
… if you really need it.
I feel everyone should be aware of alternativeto.net, in case you need an alternative to any piece of software or an alternative to a website. Like, if you type reddit there, you get this place.
You probably already know about it but uBlock origin. Once you start using an adBlocker, you will never tolerate not having one again.
Some good browser add-ons that I don’t see getting recommended too much:
I have recently started using the Firefox relay extension. It is an extension that lets you create throwaway email addresses that forward to your actual email address. Its really useful if you are signing up to a mail list/service that you think might spam you or sell your email address.
Firefox Multi-Account containers groups websites into separate containers. For example your could have all your google account activity in one container and lemmy in another container. This means that the links you open when browsing lemmy won’t be linked back to your google account with cookies.
I use the Nitter Redirect and Old Reddit Redirect to “fix” links to the two websites. Also, NoScript to “fix” most random links I follow.
I just discovered Multi-Account containers and it blew my mind that before that there was no way at all to be connected to multiple accounts on the same browser.
Open Access at The Met
On February 7, 2017, The Met made all images of public-domain works in its collection available under Creative Commons Zero (CC0).
https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access
Adding the Louvre Museum to this: https://collections.louvre.fr/en/
check out r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH.
Free (libre) software.
