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What are your top easy recommendations to your more mainstream/normie friends? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 days ago by MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca to c/buycanadian@lemmy.ca

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I'm thinking of my friends and family who aren't on an alternative social media that loves Linux and Star Trek memes. I've been recommending stuff (I'll put in the comments) they can do that I think is easy and helpful but curious to see what your thoughts/recommendations are!

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Any reason for switching to Opera over say Firefox and alternatives? Opera is chromium, which makes them susceptible to manipulation from Google. I think open source / nonprofit projects are still worth supporting even if they originate in the US.

Zen browser is a solid recommendation for regular users, it has a beautiful layout and some new features that would make a browser change more palatable.

Solid recommendations on the other stuff, I should pass them along to people

[–] cb_nomad@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

I always liked Firefox more than Chrome, and with some new privacy issues coming up with Firefox I switched to LibreWolf

[–] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Good point on firefox/Opera, didn't know about the chromium. I like open source, I just saw that the Mozilla foundation has 400 mill in revenue a year and is headquartered in America, so I figured Opera was a slightly better choice. But I don't disagree with you, open source is still a good thing to support.

I'll take a look at Zen, thanks for the recommendation!