My digital minimalism philosophy

irmadlad

Three years later… LOL

Your set up seems almost identical to mine. Block the world, then unblock as needed.

Not throwing shade or dog piling, but maybe next time use the spoiler for each section. Makes things a little more readable. Such as:

PiHole Regex deny list:

spoiler

• (^|\.)snapchat\.com$
• (\.|^)tiktok\.com$
• (\.|^)tiktokcdn\.com$
• (\.|^)tiktokv\.com$
• (\.|^)threads\.net$
• (^|\.)apple\.com$
• (^|\.)icloud\.com$
• (^|\.)microsoft\.com$
• (^|\.)live\.com$
• (^|\.)office\.com$
• (^|\.)msn\.com$
• (^|\.)live\.net$
• (^|\.)windowsupdate\.com$
• (^|\.)skype\.com$
• (^|\.)bytedance\.com$
• (^|\.)microsoft365\.com$
• (^|\.)windows\.com$
• (^|\.)hp\.com$
• (^|\.)hpconnected\.com$
• (^|\.)hpsmart\.com$
• (^|\.)samsung\.com$
• (^|\.)canon\.com$
• (^|\.)canon\.ca$
• (^|\.)hp\.ca$
• (^|\.)photoshopessentials.com\.ca$
• (^|\.)adobepress\.com$
• (^|\.)bing\.com$
• (^|\.)azure\.net$
• (^|\.)msftconnecttest\.com$
• (^|\.)msftncsi\.com$
• (^|\.)msedge\.net$
• (^|\.)msauth\.com$
• (^|\.)onedrive\.com$
• (^|\.)sharepoint\.com$
• (^|\.)outlook\.com$
• (^|\.)yammer\.com$
• (^|\.)visualstudio\.com$
• (^|\.)lync\.com$
• (^|\.)windows\.net$
• (^|\.)office365\.com$
• (^|\.)microsoftstore\.com$
• (^|\.)microsoft\.net$
• (^|\.)skypeforbusiness\.com$
• (^|\.)azure\.com$
• (^|\.)wizzapp\.com$
• (^|\.)facebook\.com$
• (^|\.)fbcdn\.net$
• (^|\.)openai\.com$
• (^|\.)spotify\.com$
• (^|\.)scdn\.co$
• (^|\.)adobe\.com$
• (^|\.)lg\.com$
• (^|\.)roku\.com$
• (^|\.)roku\.tv$
• (^|\.)deviantart\.com$
• (^|\.)bethesda\.net$
• (^|\.)bsky\.app$
• (^|\.)bsky\.social$
• (^|\.)deepseek\.com$
• (^|\.)indeed\.[a-z\.]+$
• (^|\.)ziprecruiter\.[a-z\.]+$
• (^|\.)monster\.[a-z\.]+$
• (^|\.)glassdoor\.[a-z\.]+$
• (^|\.)threads\.[a-z\.]+$
• (^|\.)fbcdn\.[a-z\.]+$
• (^|\.)tiktokpangle-b\.[a-z\.]+$
• (^|\.)mellow\.[a-z\.]+$
• (^|\.)mellowtel\.[a-z\.]+$
• (^|\.)tiktokpangle\.[a-z\.]+$
• (^|\.)pangle\.[a-z\.]+$

It just saves a lot of scrolling and organizes the long lists into categories. Either way tho, lots of good info here. Thanks for sharing.

@dreaperxz@lemmy.zip

Spoiler? Right. I don’t use these sites often. That’s how disconnected I am. I don’t chat with people online much now.

I’ve made a rule with people I talk to in person; call me, or pick up the phone when I call. Or, I move on. I won’t do texting. And well, I can’t install any apps on my flip phone. So, that drives the message home to them.

irmadlad

First, don’t get the idea that I was imposing some supposed correct way to post on Lemmy. That wasn’t it at all. I am nobody and an expert at nothing. I see you have revised the post, and it looks great. Easy to read, easy to see the categories without endless scroll. Awesome!

Again, thank you for sharing. Good info.

@dreaperxz@lemmy.zip

All good. And you’re welcome.

@sifar@lemmy.ml

That’s the opposite of minimalism, I’d argue. I would consider minimalism as: having less, keeping/retaining less, and also, and in my opinion – more important, doing less.

@dreaperxz@lemmy.zip

Minimalism isn’t about owning fewer devices, it’s about reclaiming attention, one’s dignity even. You don’t get to have dignity with big tech and the mainstream platforms they control.

My flip phone, MP3 player, and RSS setup give me exactly that; minimalism. A smartphone, no matter how “minimal” the intent, is still a portal for manipulation.

@CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world

I think you’re very well when it comes to privacy, but that’s not mininalism, finding private alternatives is different from digital minimalism.

To me, digital minimalism would be: Go from a note pad app to a physical note book.

While what you’re doing is going from a note pad app to a more privacy friendly digital app.

I agree with the digital minimalism tho, I think the less we depend on cloud the less we have to worry about.

@dreaperxz@lemmy.zip

I agree with the digital minimalism tho, I think the less we depend on cloud the less we have to worry about.

This is the digital minimalism I am talking about. Don’t twist what I’m saying. Using a flip phone and an MP3 player is completely minimal compared to the smartphone you walk around with everywhere.

@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip

I write my notes in markdown and documents in asciidoctor. But most markdown viewers suck, because they are webbrowsers.

Btw, could you please attach your hosts/blacklist as a file instead? It’s a bit inconvenient for mobile clients.

@dreaperxz@lemmy.zip

Guess I wasn’t thinking of that since I don’t use any mobile device online anymore. But you can’t attach files here anyways. Can only do links.

@solrize@lemmy.ml

My idea for a long time has been to connect my laptop charger to a pedal-powered generator, so I can still stay online for as much time as I want, but I have to get some exercise (by pedalling the generator) to keep the computer running. Let’s say 30 minutes of pedalling for a few hours of connection time.

@TurtleTourParty@midwest.social

Like the PedalPC?

@solrize@lemmy.ml

Oh cool, someone finally did it. I’ve been wanting that for years!

@dreaperxz@lemmy.zip

Ha. Funny idea.

@RedMari@reddthat.com

1 minute for 1 minute

RodgeGrabTheCat 🇨🇦🏴‍☠️

No way am I reading the booklet you posted.

@unexpected@forum.guncadindex.com

It was worth skimming through it for me…

@dreaperxz@lemmy.zip

Then why are you here?

RodgeGrabTheCat 🇨🇦🏴‍☠️

Why did you post your blocklist and expect people to read it? What you now have is very reasonable.

To answer your question: I’m here for privacy related issues. Your post is about minimalism which I have no interest in so I’m done with this thread. Best of luck.

@dreaperxz@lemmy.zip

Your post is about minimalism which I have no interest in so I’m done with this thread. Best of luck.

Then stop responding and move on. Blocking now. Because like with most social media addicts today, they’ll keep on going into an endless circle jerk. I don’t have the energy for that. Ciao.

@utopiah@lemmy.ml

Here is how I did it https://git.benetou.fr/utopiah/online-hygiene/src/branch/master/index.js namely a local NodeJS Web server tracking my habits.

You can see the default configuration at https://git.benetou.fr/utopiah/online-hygiene/src/branch/master/index.js#L52-L65

{id:"twitter",pattern:/.*twitter\.com.*/,perHour:1,perDay:12},
{id:"proton",pattern:/.*proton\.me.*/,perHour:6,perDay:6*12},
{id:"yt",pattern:/https:\/\/www\.youtube\.com.*/,perHour:2,perDay:12}, // allow for redirection
{id:"yts",pattern:/https:\/\/youtube\.com.*/,perHour:2,perDay:12}, // allow for redirection, consider merged IDs
{id:"linkedin",pattern:/.*linkedin\.com.*/,perHour:1,perDay:12},
{id:"reddit",pattern:/.*reddit\.com.*/,perHour:3,perDay:12,redirect:'https://lemmy.world/'}, // redirection then enough to read private messages
// reconsider the tridactyl check for permanently open pages, e.g TabEnter rather than DocStart
{id:"element",pattern:/.*element\.io.*/,perHour:1,perDay:12},
{id:"discord",pattern:/.*discord\.com.*/,perHour:1,perDay:12},

In retrospect I should make available outside thus work on my mobile too when I’m not on my LAN, created https://git.benetou.fr/utopiah/online-hygiene/issues/3 accordingly.

Anyway what is fascinating IMHO in term of minimalism is that… I’m NOT actually using it anymore. Why? Well because the habits is now, roughly, ingrained. I don’t use it because it became mostly pointless.

That’s I’d argue what one should think of in terms of minimalism. Namely one provides a scaffolding that, yes, as others pointed out, might initially look like MORE work or tools than the typical situation. Yet, this only showcases how terrible the “normal” situation is. Once new habits are formed then remove the scaffolding and enjoy minimalism in a way most people expect, namely visibly less.

The problem though is that until that final step, it looks like more, BUT during that final step, it looks obvious to others, whereas they entirely miss the process that lead to it.

@unexpected@forum.guncadindex.com

Yep. Learning anything new or even just changing habits takes effort, time and mostly a sense of responsibility for yourself. A lot of the non-mainstream things we do in pursuit of privacy really aren’t much more complicated than their mainstream counterparts.

@dreaperxz@lemmy.zip

Yet, this only showcases how terrible the “normal” situation is.

People are conditioned. Some will even defend it as convenience. But it’s really just a cage so that you’ll keep scrolling. That is what big tech who own those mainstream platforms want; your time and data. Essentially, you are a free worker. A data mule to make money off of.

So, beyond the scope of privacy, this is also what I target in my setup. And let me tell you, going back to older styles of tech really helped with this; namely RSS, a flip phone and an MP3 player. Because when I’m out and about, I am present and aware. I’m not staring into a smartphone while waking down the street like most people in the city I live in.

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