The thread for posting about all essential and/or new and exciting alternate software (and maybe even hardware!). Big Tech has too much power, and none of their programs are essential. There are free alternatives to basically anything, most people just don't know it yet.
Shortlist of some alt-tech, feel free to add:
GIMP
Brave Browser (made by based dev who hates gays and would seem them impaled)
LibreOffice
AdNauseam, the single most heinous adblock on the planet
Grafx2 (not strictly alt-tech but a monocled alternative to MS Paint)
We have a Steam curator now. You should be following it. https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44994899-RPGHQ/
Alt-Tech Gigathread
I really like Inkscape, my go-to for vector based illustrations. Tons of useful plugins/extensions too.
https://inkscape.org/
https://inkscape.org/
Krita is an alternate alternative to Photoshop.
brave is based on chromium, it's not some alt tech like you claim.Humbaba wrote: ↑ September 29th, 2023, 18:36Brave Browser (made by based dev who hates gays and would seem them impaled)
Maybe so, but I support the dev's violent crusade on homosexuality.junior wrote: ↑ September 30th, 2023, 14:21brave is based on chromium, it's not some alt tech like you claim.
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To make YouTube bearable I use
SponsorBlock
Uses user submitted timestamps to automatically skip over advertisements included in videos that your regular adblocker can't stop. Can also skip pointless interaction reminders, intro sections, credit sections, non-music sections, etc. I've skipped a little over 19 hours of garbage with this. Absolutely mandatory if you use YouTube.
Unhook
Allows you to customize YouTube by removing the shitty trending/explore tabs, comments, live chats, fundraisers, shorts, etc. Whatever you want.
Channel Blocker
Adds an "X" next to search results. Click it and you will never ever see any results from that channel again.
Clickbait Remover for YouTube
You can choose to grab a frame from the start, middle, or end of videos as the thumbnail if you're sick of seeing faggot soy faces or blatantly misleading clickbait.
Return YouTube Dislikes
Duh
YouTube NonStop
Skips the "Video paused, click here to continue" popup.
SponsorBlock
Uses user submitted timestamps to automatically skip over advertisements included in videos that your regular adblocker can't stop. Can also skip pointless interaction reminders, intro sections, credit sections, non-music sections, etc. I've skipped a little over 19 hours of garbage with this. Absolutely mandatory if you use YouTube.
Unhook
Allows you to customize YouTube by removing the shitty trending/explore tabs, comments, live chats, fundraisers, shorts, etc. Whatever you want.
Channel Blocker
Adds an "X" next to search results. Click it and you will never ever see any results from that channel again.
Clickbait Remover for YouTube
You can choose to grab a frame from the start, middle, or end of videos as the thumbnail if you're sick of seeing faggot soy faces or blatantly misleading clickbait.
Return YouTube Dislikes
Duh
YouTube NonStop
Skips the "Video paused, click here to continue" popup.
Brave is alright but come on, it has BRAVE TOKEN(their own shitcoin) built-in, it's as gay as chrome or any other mainstream browser, it's just snappier and more user friendly.Humbaba wrote: ↑ September 30th, 2023, 18:21Maybe so, but I support the dev's violent crusade on homosexuality.
