So VPN on the router permanently set to Singapore it is.

Yeah right, rather than stand your ground, lie in your partners face.

Doubt it. Trump reversed course on Putin and China, so the bootlickers in charge lick the other way now.

First time I hear about this store…

Those laws exists, but from the article, US laws supersedes those regulations, and apparently they rather comply there than in the EU. Guess they did the math and figured the consequences in the EU are easier to stomach.

Unless you need Windows for work, in which case you’re fucked.

I literally only need one thing, which is a bank authentication token that prompts me to plug in a USB dongle, which then reads a certificate off of the device and pushes it to a browser plugin.

But that dongle software in itself? Windows only. And since I have to approve all outbound transactions (maker/checker principle), there’s no way around.

Apparently the feature was added 5 years ago.

SmartTube Next, installed directly on the TV. But when I’m in places where I can’t just install random apps on a TV, BubbleUPnP works nicely, as long as you use a chromium based browser. I keep Cromite around just for that, a degoogled chrome variant.

People use the youtube app?

Never heard of it, probably never will once I forget about this post.

I’ve tested kagi and agree that the search results are great. What I don’t like is that it’s making anonymous searching impossible, since I have to be logged in to use it (or use my unique token as part of the url for mobile searches).

Ultimately this means to me that in a private window mode (or even logged out with a fingerprinting resistant browser) I do not have the same degree of anonymity I enjoy even when using Google, let alone DDG or others.

I like the idea of not being dependent on google, but exposing my entire search history to one single entity is not my answer of choice.