My Guide to a Usable Internet

This is an informal information guide on how to make the internet more user friendly. Some of this will dictate what browsers you use and what extensions you use for that browser. It will also feature containment of social media platforms fishing for data on you from other platforms. Ignore where you feel this isn't required for you

• Download a Gecko based browser
  This might sound bizarre but a lot of Chromium based browsers are designed to log personal information and ignore many of the tips and tricks I'm going to inform you of to make your internet experience slightly less shit. The most famous Gecko browser is Mozilla Firefox but GNU IceCat, Waterfox, K-Melon, Lunascape, Conkeror, Floorp, LibreWolf, Midori, SlimBrowser, Tor (this one can get to the Deep and Dark Web so...be careful with this one), Zen, Basilisk, Pale Moon and SeaMonkey. I am VERY boring in that I use Firefox. I've never tried these other browsers and as such, all listed, including Firefox, will have their pros and cons. If you WANT to risk it on these others or they have a quality Mozilla doesn't...fine. I'm not REALLY brand loyal to anything, it's just a case of adopting what works and ignoring what doesn't. I ignore Chromium browsers because they loved ignoring my requests ("I don't want to see ads!") and logging my info in a way Firefox just didn't.
• Get Decent Extensions
  I'd like to point out that these are Firefox extensions and I'm unaware of their use for these other browsers. If they work or have a developed equal on your chosen browser's extensions page, great. If they have similar features built INTO the browser, even better. I will add a secondary list of these extensions. All have their uses from blocking ads to blocking cookies to containing websites to adding my personal choice for default web browser automatically (Ecosia) to even just basic "lets make Google Translate obsolete".


• Unpaywall - gets rid of paywalls for content
• uBlock Origin - Content blocker
• Trusted Shops Extension - mark a shop as trustworthy or not. It'll also say what shops have been marked as what
• TransOver - translate a word with a click
• TrackMeNot - stops sites tracking you
• TikTok Container - contains TikTok observation
• Return YouTube Dislikes - returns dislike ratios to YouTube
• Microsoft Container - contains Microsoft observation
• Ecosia browser - this is if you want Ecosia as your default search engine
• DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials - DuckDuckGo IS useful for privacy. This adds to everything.
• Google Container - Contains Google observation
• Drumpfinator - changes every instance of "Donald Trump" to "Donald Drumpf" (it's petty but so is he, so fuck him!)
• Don't Track Me Google - I really hate Google. Don't want it to track me on other sites.
• Disable Facebook News Feed - Use Facebook and don't want a news feed? (I mean who does?), this helps
• Cookie AutoDelete - Autodeletes Cookies
• Facebook Container - contains Facebook observation
• Amazon Container - contains Amazon observation
• Twitter Container - contains Twitter observation (whether you call it Brand X or not...)
• CastleBlock - finds free versions of articles to read
• AdBlocker Ultimate - blocks ads
• AdGuard AdBlocker - blocks ads (you can never have too many)
• AdNauseam - ALSO blocks ads but hides browsing data to stop recommendations to the online advertising industry
• Privacy Badger - offers internet privacy


• Use less invasive internet
  This is a general thing but a great way to make sure you're using the internet alright is to reduce social media time. Find other avenues that aren't "the big ones." Which ones do I suggest? I already did. "Why go to that trouble?" Again...

This is also just a note at the end of the page. I can presume that SOME of you will question my preferred Operating Systems. I have a work phone that's an iPhone (I'll sell that phone the day I'm no longer employed there). However my personal phone usually will be a Nokia, however I do prefer KaiOS to the Nokia OS. For my home computer - I WAS a Windows user for a long time (because "it's easier") but recently got myself a Debian machine. Why? I was overwhelmed when I saw how many Linux distributions were available for desktops and so went with one most of the others are based on for popularity and convenience (I've heard horror stories about Arch. Sorry). I am willing to talk about the pros and cons of both OS's, however this is just "of what I have used" (I also don't have the time, money, or skills to try EVERY OS on the market). In my view, use what's available and in your skill range. If you DO have time on your hands and have had enough of Apple, Windows, and Google...go for it.

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