Mullvad VPN if you’re prepared to pay; ProtonVPN or Windscribe if you aren’t.

None of the services keep logs or require any personal info.

With one exception, all of my machines have 8GB or less, and I use a Firefox-based browser on desktop (Goigle deliberately slows down their services on non-Chrome browsers). Also, YouTube does have server-side tracking, and I need to be able to manage my subscriptions. I could use RSS, but I already have a reader installed for news and I don’t want it getting cluttered.

uBlock and Mullvad is a great combo, and I am known to use the main site if both Invidious and yt-dlp aren’t working; but the fact remains that Invidious is the inherently more private option.

Well, I don’t need recommendations for a start. I can see the appeal, but my subscription feed is good enough for me.

Also, YouTube is incredibly heavy in comparison, and I personally believe it’s better to avoid tracking in the first place than to jump through hoops to cripple or block it, so Invidious and yt-dlp are the obvious solutions for me.

It gives you an estimate. I haven’t used actual YouTube in a while, though. Just Invidious and yt-dlp.

I’d say use the website through Safari. Install AdGuard, SponsorBlock, and Vinegar, and it should be smooth sailing. Return YouTube Dislike is available as a UserScript.

Brave and DuckDuckGo also provide nice experiences with YouTube, but thry sadly do not have SponsorBlock or Return YouTube Dislike.

If you really need an app, though, give uYouPlus a try.

Y’all are seriously still using the internet?

I believe Librewolf and Mullvad Browser change your timezone, either to UTC or to Atlantic/Reyjavik (for some reason; probably a bug on my end). Tor Browser likely does the same, but I’m not sure.

I’ll probably switch to LineageOS and harden it myself if GOS starts floundering, but that would be purely to get my money’s worth out of the hardware.

After that, I’d go for my alternative setup of dumb-ish phone + laptop + refurbished iPod.

Fairphones and TeraCubes are ethical hardware. Fairtrade, repairable, and possibly open-source (I’ll have to double-check that).

GrapheneOS is customisable, yes, but LineageOS is moreso.

Magisk is a tool used to root Android devices (essentially adding an su binary to give the user root access). However, this makes the system inherently less secure, and undermines the whole point of GrapheneOS.

The only real downsides of GOS are that it only supports Pixels, and that it doesn’t support microG (I can see the appeal of Sandboxed Play Services, but I would personally have preferred microG).

• Privacy: GrapheneOS
• Security: GrapheneOS
• Customisability: LineageOS
• Functionality: (Subjective)

I would only recommend three groups of devices:

• Pixels
• Fairphones
• TeraCubes

Will this affect Matrix? I use g24.at as my homeserver.

Sorta. It’s the same engine, but it is generally less private and less secure than actual Chromium.

DivestOS used to have some handy tables, before they shut down the website.

Huh, I didn’t know that. I wonder if any of the rest have implemented that since…

See also:

Firefox-based

• Tor Browser
• IceRaven

Chromium-based

• Brave (controversial)
• Vanadium (GrapheneOS-only)
• Cromite

WebView-based

• DuckDuckGo
• Privacy Browser
• FOSS Browser

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Devuan GNU+Linux with sysvinit

In terms of Linux, either Devuan sysvinit, Void, or Alpine.

I am also a fan of BSD.

• uBlock Origin
• NoScript
• JShelter
• CSS Exfil Protection
• Libredirect
• Indie Wiki Buddy

I also sometimes use the IceCat extensions, too:

• LibreJS
• LibrifyJS
• Reveal hidden HTML
• Searxes’ Third-party Request blocker
• Workarounds for nonfree JS

Ah yes, the classic dual-boot woes