bemenu. Type stuff in popup, press enter, no confettis thrown on your face.
In a nutshell,
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Use wireshark
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See if theres any weird connections going on (i.e you visit pancakes.com and wireshark shows unrelatedsite.com making a request as well)
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Block unrelatedsite.com
"What about firewalls?"
Block from ports 1000 'till the very end (65565 if I'm not mistaken.) -- that is your "bread and butter" approach.
"W-what if I'm using a port past 1000?"
Nah, you (very likely) aren't and never will.
You can make it a "live tv" of sorts that changes between streams that you enjoy the most while at the same time a network-wide ad blocker.
“I’m kissing convenience goodbye, I just want control."
He is in for a surprise when he realizes GNU/Linux is much more convenient than Winblows.
Yes officer, this heretic right here.
"But can Linux install things via a single .exe file? HAHAH EAT IT NERD!"
- 10'ish years ago past me, before discovering the magical wonders of the package manager
Stop talkimg about your ex, Cartman.
"Honey! Our TV isn't showing up channels!"
"Gee, fine. Hold on."
ssh gnu.linux@1.2.3.69
cd /sys/devices/tv/channels
cat channels_list
[none]
Ah, *beep.
I'm unironically considering ditching any online interaction(s) on the internet and use my PC solely for offline content (write documentaries, texts, play retro games). Because I really don't want to use the internet with that level of intrusion in my pc.
If someone does not take the least amount of effort to answer a simple question like that one .... then he doesn't care about you in the slightest.
"But its a generic question!"
Two words: common courtesy.
Plebbit: "Oh, look! Our loyal users are disliking our new changes. Hmm... maybe we should screw with em by messing with their (basic and expected) user freedom! That will make em go back to their e-home, that's for sure!"
Ub(loa)tu tries to cater to everyone whilst ending up in pleasing no one -- it has too much unnecessary clutter.