There are open-source selfhostable location trackers like Owntracks.

That's awesome. I just know that someone in my country complained about the absence of offers in our currency and region, even though they're available and allowed. There was apparently just more variety on Bisq. Hope there are more diverse offers soon!

there is also Bisq - Haveno's older brother, but Bitcoin-only. Not tried either, but given how much longer Bisq has been around, my guess is that it has a bigger chance of having a suitable offer.

What bothers me is that Youtube replacement is a way more harder task than replacing Twitter or Reddit... The bandwidth and storage costs would grow unaffordable way too quickly for a volunteer. I would really like to see Youtube videos backed up, because I am really afraid Google will eventually loginwall it... But seems like the only realistic way for it is distributing the storage and bandwidth. Like, Peertube does utilize torrents, but the instance still has to have each video in full. I wouldn't mind seeding just my personal video downloads, but haven't seen a repository where the torrents could be published and seen.

I recently noticed that this website has an AI picture as a main banner and now I can't unsee it. I really hope this was just a placeholder, otherwise that's disgusting.

I have come to the opinion that until stores and malls accept crypto, they will never grow betond being a commodity like gold

I don't think they need to either. In the physical world, cash is the absolute best. Using crypto in the real world is like using cash by mail - cool gimmick but very impractical. Crypto is a way to buy your VPS, domain, email, etc - the purely virtual things.

I used to keep track of my playlists with my browser bookmarks, watching the videos themselves in mpv, and the channels I just memorized and checked from time to time. But later switched to using Freetube, that has built-in subscriptions, playlists and history tracking.

I don't even use the browser on my Raspberry Pi - I just watch movies from my hard drive. I did doubt at first that Pi3 with just 1GB RAM would handle videos, but turns out it's okay, it has hardware acceleration for video. Although I now only watch Youtube by downloading videos in very specific formats.

Old Reddit is consistently blocking my VPS at least. Before Youtube started the recent IP-flagging BS, it was the only site that outright denied me access from this datacenter.

GeoGebra! Our school used it for demonstration on the lessons and had us do homework in there! Have good memories of it.

Signal isn't, and that's one of mine (and a lot of other people's) main gripes with it.

I'm concerned about centralization the most.

Their own FAQ: https://simplex.chat/faq/#funding-and-business-model

To be fair, Simplex is also a for-profit company. However, it's at least decentralized and more open, I'd take it over Threema any day.

Or a Raspberry Pi. Is more expensive ($60 for my Pi 3), but I think it was worth it due to versatility and privacy. Stock Android TVs would be uncomfortable as they spy on you.

To have a massive wall of video, you need to have a home spacious enough for a whole spare wall first! I haven't seen a <1m screen that would fit in the kitchen corner my TV occupies on an arm - I don't even think a projector would work with a screen this relatively small. And where would the projector itself go if opposite of that corner is the couch/bed? Sit on my lap?

With banking apps - it actually depends. I found out that in my country, most banks' apps (like, all the big ones except for one) don't require Google services, since requiring them would cut off a lot of users with Chinaphones (Huawei being the biggest example). The NFC payments in them are also their own implementation, independent from the Google one.

However, in case of at least one bank, the apk download link was hidden behind some dark patterns (ironically, less hidden than Signal's apk, lol), trying to instead direct people onto the national app store.

And even if you do manage to get far enough - until your parents veto your choice of a partner.

Yeah. This is ignoring the fact that not only did they live in the same house, but also the adults used to have the absolute authority over their children. Living standards changed and it's okay. Even now, my parents dread me living with them as an adult because that would mean me never becoming fully independent.

It's proprietary and centralized. No practical difference. IRC and XMPP are the way.