I still think if I was strictly anti Google that would imply giving them not a single dime.

It is quite ironic. “I don’t like Google, let me free myself from all of Google. But to do that first let me buy that $500-$1,000 phone made by Google to then get rid of all the Google software on it”.

Yes it would, but afaik there’s no mechanism in place that prevents your app from going over 1 million installs. So if it explodes overnight, you have a potentially large bill all of a sudden.

I don’t think this is feasible via Apple’s “official” “sideloading” method for the EU because of the Core Technology Fee.

If I had to pick only one of the two, I’d prefer local blocking because it cannot only not load ads, but also remove the placeholder/frame the ad would’ve been in. It’s also better at circumventing anti-adblock scripts.

That being said, DNS-based blocking is great outside of browser use, and it blocks many ads and tracking attempts in mobile and desktop apps.

A combination of both is best, really. I use uBlock Origin in the browser (or AdGuard Pro with Safari on Mac and iPhone) and then NextDNS. NextDNS is configured rather conservative though, because it can cause things to break otherwise, and that’s hard to manage when you’re not the only use of your network.

You mean on your own disk? Makes sense I guess, I wouldn’t want my cloud sync client to mess with encrypting files on my SSD.

The point is that before data is uploaded, it’s encrypted locally by the Filen client. Job well done I guess.

I don’t know, but there’s no denying that it’s more convenient. Whether you see that as a relevant advantage is up to you.

It’s great that Bitwarden integrates with other services. It’s just very convenient to have it completely built in, especially for inexperienced users. You don’t need to do any setup, and if the password manager is smart enough to suggest using an alias automatically when a registration requires an email address, it’s a no-brainer.

Yeah, but with Proton, the email service is built-in, while BitWarden relies on an external service (say a domain you use for catch-all).

Great that it has an email alias feature built in. But I use 1Password and to me it’s been so great that it’d be really hard to convince me switching to something else.