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I figured this may lead to an interesting discussion in the comments.

How has your use of Technology changed in the past year? I'll start.


  • Due to the rise of streaming services and Sony/discovery removing content from libraries, I downloaded all my iTunes purchases onto a 2TB SSD (which I'll soon need to get another).

  • Like many, I've stopped using Reddit outside of Google search.

  • I've reduced my subscriptions to just two. (Apple One and Google One)

  • I've purchased DVDs/Blu rays of my favorite uncensored shows (Family Guy and American Dad) and ripped them and watch them through Cloud storage (Google Drive via Infuse for Apple platforms, and Kodi for Windows)(I've also purchased MakeMKV just because it is so damn useful)

  • I've used Google App Scripts to bypass some Gmail limitations to make filters that I otherwise couldn't. For instance, in Outlook.com, you can block email addresses and domains before you have ever gotten an email from them. In Gmail, you can't. The best you can do is create a filter that deletes them. In my case, I've created a Google App Script that runs every hour and looks for (@.mil) domain emails and marks them as spam. (I am in college, and I fucking hate that they give my email to recruiters.)

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[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dropped Reddit, Twitter, Spotify. Still have never been on Facebook, still have an Instagram account to stay in touch with old friends. Tubi and YouTube for entertainment

[–] BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you don't mind, what are the specific complaints about Spotify? I'm aware that they're not terribly profitable for the musicians, but are there other concerns too?

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[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've switched to the Arc web browser, where tabs behave more like bookmarks (and they replace bookmarks as well). It's been a game changer for me - my favourite feature is the ability to close a window and it doesn't remove any of your tabs. Just open a new browser window and they're back. My tabs are also more organised than ever.

Large Language Models, specifically ChatGPT+, are now part of my daily life and I'm not just talking tech. For example I use it in the kitchen every time I cook a meal I haven't made a thousand times before and I've been cooking better than ever. Unlike a recipe website, you can tell it you don't have (or don't like) a particular ingredient and chat about alternatives, then it will update the cooking instructions. Love it.

I've given up on streaming music services, and gone back to occasionally buying a new DRM free albums. This has been part of a general cost cutting theme to my year - especially monthly bills.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I've been using the ever living heck out of Stable Diffusion. Shit is so fun. It's another tool for me as and artist to learn and utilize.

[–] BoisZoi@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Same, but with Microsoft's Image Creator. At least for me, I like using it to create pixel art for my own personal GitHub repos.

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

i got off reddit

[–] dotslashme 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Redoubled my efforts to selfhost more services, abandoned reddit and generally started using the www less.

[–] BoisZoi@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

More power to you man!

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

AI.

Biggest productivity increaser in yonks and fun to mess around with when bored.

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[–] Argyle13@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
  • Left Reddit for Lemmy, only came back several times to seek for specific information in a couple of niche communities
  • Started using Firefox again, both in desktop and mobile
  • Opened a nextcloud account, with plans to host our own when we have a little more free time
  • Autohosted FreshRSS
  • Started with Sonarr, Radarr, jellyfin and so on (you can guess what for)
  • Mastodon is now my main social network
  • Stopped using Windows. If I have to use some applications to interact with my clients I prefer to do it via cloud.
[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Around a month or two ago I got flashpoint and ruffle so I can play flash games on my computer. I have never really used either program before. I got ruffle because flashpoint doesn't have Nitrome games on their platform and I wanted to play a specific game. Haven't done much with ruffle since the games run kinda slow on my desktop.

[–] saboteur@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Stopped using reddit, started lemmy Switch chrome to firefox

Seeing many with these same ones, but that's me!

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