I am PIA User atm and my subscription will end next year. So, I am still undedcided between Mullvad or protonvpn

I know ExplorePatcher and Startallback can stop ads on Start menu. is there any viable solution for this Settings app ad?

For privacy reason. local account is the best

this one? https://gist.github.com/BrockA/2625891

I think make ad run faster can circumvent this. wdyt? https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/video-speed-controller/nffaoalbilbmmfgbnbgppjihopabppdk?hl=e https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/nffaoalbilbmmfgbnbgppjihopabppdk?hl=en

So, what are the alternatives?

Bitwarden is okay and free

https://www.docomo.ne.jp/english/product/feature_phone/. they are still on sale and it is still popular for old people and business persons. Hell, even some flip phone model are even water resistant.

dumb phone like flip phone it is still popular in Japan.

aside from privacy concern, who want this?

AI Overviews is PITA

Like I click Twitter icon from the verge website (https://www.theverge.com/contact-the-verge). it still works unless Elon want to kill twitter URL and force other company to migrate. which is quite crazy.

Yes, it works on Firefox Android and Ios. So, that article is not 100% correct

not really because twitter.com redirector still works properly

Yeah. But, that workaround on the article improves a lot.

that is why I mean it is very popular in Japan. it is in top 3 right? the highest in Asia?

Yeah because Twitter is very popular in Japan.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240309174752/https://github.com/pineappleEA/pineapple-src Fortunately web archive still preserve it. But, idk how long

not easy as it sounds because Whatsapp is defacto messaging app in many countries like India, brazil, indonesia etc

PIA for cheap service