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0 pointshedora2y ago0 comments

If I went that route, I’d have to set them up on my phone, tablet, laptop, desktop, etc, all of which have different operating systems/web browsers.

I guess I could implement them as a web server, and point all my devices at it.

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eviks2y ago

Some browsers sync these settings, so that removes a lot of the complexity. But in general, you're repeating the same mistake. No, you wouldn't have to do that, you'd just set it up on the devices you use the most to get the most convenience in the most common cases, and then use the less convenient option on others.

There is no point in making 100% of your experience worse just because you can't make 100% of your experience better

hedoraOP2y ago

None of the browsers I use across those devices sync settings well. Even if it was 100% firefox, I don't want to trust the cloud, and can't be bothered to set up a mozilla sync server just for this (I don't use bookmarks, and there aren't any other settings I want to sync).

Also, as it is, I make 100% of my experience better by switching all the browsers to a search engine that provides better results than google and has !bang support.

There are at least two such search engines: duck duck go and kagi.

eviks2y ago

To make an actual "better" argument you have to address the aforementioned limitations

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eviks2y ago

There is no point in making 100% of your experience worse just because you can't make 100% of your experience better

hedoraOP2y ago

Also, as it is, I make 100% of my experience better by switching all the browsers to a search engine that provides better results than google and has !bang support.

There are at least two such search engines: duck duck go and kagi.

eviks2y ago

To make an actual "better" argument you have to address the aforementioned limitations

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