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Still feels crazy though how aware you’re forced to be about ads lurking in every corner. I check many of these boxes plus some others, use independent OSs, 3rd party apps etc. And still, although I hardly see any ads, they are so present just lurking under the surface.

Good example are sponsor comments in yt videos/podcasts. Some I can filter out with Sponsorblock, but the little video glitch reminds you every time that you have to stay safe. Podcast ads can easily be slipped with the fast forward button, but if you’re washing the dishes etc., sometimes you can’t react directly.

It’s really insane how ads are just everywhere these days.

If anything, shouldn’t they be the evens?

I found this video helpful but it’s a few months old already:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzPN3Zpzusg

Depending on your goals, you could try to find used components that are incompatible with windows 11 but still perhaps powerful enough as this guy explains:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtMGnpdqBKw

Diablo 2

Okay, but why not create more work for yourself by rebuilding everything from scratch?

Can’t believe nobody here mentioned nixOS so far? How about moving all of your configs in a flake and manage all of your systems with it?

Couple it to your smart watch, backup every 10 seconds, and make it vibrate when successful