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Support my work on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ericmurphy Overwhelmed by all the steps you have to take to be private online? Feel like there's no use in fighting the man? You might have privacy fatigue. Let's talk about how to have privacy online without completely losing your sanity. My website: https://ericmurphy.xyz Watch my videos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@ericnmurphy Credit to op...

Support my work on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ericmurphy My website: https://ericmurphy.xyz Watch my videos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@ericnmurphy How Blogs Broke the Web: https://stackingthebricks.com/how-blogs-broke-the-web/ Justin Hall's documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxD4mqFtySQ 0:00 The decline of the web 1:08 What we do here is go back 4:57 An ode to the personal website...

If you want to be private and anonymous online, just use a VPN! Now you're safe from all the bad guys online, right? The VPN industry makes a lot of claims. But are they telling the truth? And can you trust these companies with your data? Support my work on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ericmurphy My website: https://ericmurphy.xyz Watch my videos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@ericnmurphy 0:00 In...

Every time I talk about privacy online, the pessimists always come out. "It's impossible to have any online privacy." "They've already collected so much data about you. Why bother?" Is it really well and truly over? Or are there actually good reasons to still care about online privacy in the age of surveillance capitalism? 🌐 My website: https://ericmurphy.xyz 💸 Supp...

Online ads are getting ridiculous these days. Companies are pushing more and more ads, and ads now are offensive, scammy, and even malicious. In this video, we'll see just how bad the modern advertising landscape is, and if there's any hope for the future... 🌐 My website: https://ericmurphy.xyz 💸 Support the Channel: https://ericmurphy.xyz/donate 🎥 Watch my videos on Odysee: https://o...

If you've ever spent any time on the internet, there's a good chance you've heard of how amazing Lenovo ThinkPad laptops are. They're the GOAT laptop brand, and if you're a *real* power user, you know how much better they are than the lowly MacBook. But how did they gain their legendary status and cult-like fanbase online? Are they really all that special, and do they live...

Want to switch to Linux or tired of paying ridiculous amounts of money for Adobe products? Just switch to these open source alternatives. But if you've ever used any of the popular open-source software alternatives, you've probably been disappointed. Why can't GIMP come close to the power of Photoshop? Why isn't there a decent open source video editor yet? Is open source softwa...

Have you ever wondered why every browser these days is based on Chromium? Why can't they make their own browser from scratch, or base it on something like Firefox? And is having every browser based on Chromium really a bad thing? Let's find out in this video. Browser tier list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5r6jFE8gic How to make Firefox private: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8UFJ...

How to waste less time online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFPuDaVA7wI Remember when YouTube used to be good? Me too. Are you tired of YouTube's changes to the site, like removing the dislike bar, blocking adblock, and adding Shorts? Or just tired of rampant clickbait, scammy sponsors and non-stop distractions? I'll show you how to fix all of these issues and more in this video. 💸 S...

Nobody understands online privacy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H414XdcbC4Q Why do I care so much about privacy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aXIXozAsOE Email tier list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtH9ZTof-Tc Support the channel: https://ericmurphy.xyz/donate If you're tired of big companies like Facebook and Google suctioning up all of your personal data, you might have heard tha...

I wasted a good portion of my life so far on scrolling online and I have a few regrets. 🌐 My website: https://ericmurphy.xyz 💸 Support the Channel: https://ericmurphy.xyz/donate 🎥 Watch my videos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@ericnmurphy 💻 My GitHub: https://github.com/ericmurphyxyz 0:00 How to waste your life 5:48 How to spend less time online ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFPuDaVA7wI

Everybody's heard of The Pirate Bay. If you've ever needed a free copy of Photoshop or the latest Hollywood blockbuster, there's a good chance you've sailed the high seas before. But what you might not know is that there's a secret side of torrenting and online piracy that you've never seen before. In this video, I'm going to tell you the story of What. CD, the m...

Proton Mail claims to be private and secure. But can you really trust them? Maybe you've heard some news stories about they logging your data and handing it over to the government. So why do I still think that ProtonMail is one of the best mail services out there? Should you even trust ANY email provider? Find out in this video... What level of privacy is right for you? https://www.youtube.co...

These days, it's pretty hard to find an actually good email service. Maybe you don't want an e-mail address that can read through all your email to sell your data to advertisers. Maybe you don't want an email that will rat you out to the government. But are there any good, usable, cheap, and privacy-respecting emails still out there? In this video, I'm going to finally rank the...

Firefox used to be on top of the world with almost a third of all internet users using Firefox. These days, they make up a pitiful 2.7% of the market share. What happened? In this video, I want to show how Mozilla's terrible management and decisions have brought this once beloved browser down. How to make Firefox private: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8UFJzpNls Web browser tier list: http...

Almost nobody understands online privacy. That's why you see so many privacy noobs confused and overwhelmed because they heard you have to use Tor and host your own email and cut off all your friends that don't use Signal. How much do you need to worry about privacy? Can you trust this company? Somebody told me was good but somebody else told me it's terrible for your privacy. Who d...

In this video, in true Arch user fashion, I'm going to tell you why Arch is the best Linux distro. To be honest, Arch is probably the only reason why I still use Linux to this day. But what makes it special and different from other distributions? Let's find out in this video... Why you should install Arch Linux manually: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_RWNKlxF3c Arch Linux isn't t...

Why you should use VSCodium instead of VS Code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_eFYsuV1PU Is it still worth it to learn vim? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c68MkeMBjhE Why Neovim is better than vim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQvFC0wRiRE Neovim is probably my favorite text editor of all time, but I could just never get into it for doing any major projects. When I'm working on somethin...

Bro...Google Chrome is so convenient, why do you care so much about privacy? In this video, I'll finally explain why I dislike all of the creepy tracking by companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook, as well as the dangerous, real-world consequences this data collection can cause. Browser Tier List: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5r6jFE8gic Search Engine Tier List: https://www.youtube.com/...

Ever noticed how bad the modern web is getting? Why is every website a slow, laggy, buggy mess? Whatever happened to the good old days, when websites were simpler? In this video, I'll talk about how the rise of JavaScript frameworks like React have been a disaster for the internet... 🌐 My website: https://ericmurphy.xyz 💸 Support the Channel: https://ericmurphy.xyz/donate 🎥 Watch my videos...

What's with the boring, soulless websites everyone has now? I remember a time when you used to find all kinds of interesting things on people's websites. These days, they're just glorified Linktrees with links to their Twitter and GitHub. Is there any way to bring back the glory days of the personal website? 🌐 My website: https://ericmurphy.xyz 💸 Support the Channel: https://ericm...

You've probably heard about the Reddit drama. Big Tech platforms across the web are making increasingly bad decisions and users are up in arms. Is there an alternative to these terrible, centralized social media platforms and services that are increasingly holding more power over the web? Let's discuss the future of the web in this video. 🌐 My website: https://ericmurphy.xyz 💸 Donate:...

Have you ever heard how much better Sass is than plain old vanilla CSS? Sass and SCSS has been the go-to for web developers for over a decade, but these days it's not quite as necessary as it used to be. In this video, I'm going to explain why I don't use Sass any more, as well as explain why I don't need its most popular features when I'm writing my CSS. Next time you sta...

So you probably think the Brave browser is pretty cool, huh? I like the Brave browser but after years of using it, it's hard to ignore some of the flaws of the browser. In this video, I'll explain why I stopped using Brave, my biggest annoyances and complaints regarding it, and what I recommend to use instead. If you liked the video, feel free to donate your hard-earned BAT! Browser tier...

Everybody knows that technology is the ultimate force of good in the world. Right? Humans now are more prosperous than ever before. But at the same time, something feels very wrong as modern society seems to have made people more stressed, depressed, and unfulfilled than ever before. In this video, I'm going to do sort of a book review of Ted Kaczynski's Industrial Society and Its Future...