That’s the biggest problem. I used to use a suspension service for Chrome that would change your open links to its own format when a tab was suspended. I bookmarked hundreds of links in their format over the years.
The service was bought out by a third party, then sold to a scammer, leading to it getting banned by Google.
I’ve now got hundreds of links that are obfuscated, and the only way to get them back is to manually edit them and see which ones are important.
That’s the one. I mostly use it to keep websites that I’m managing separate from everything else, so I use the software I mentioned earlier.
I’ve got a profile for myself too, and that has a few browsers, some small games, an antivirus, and my email client. I back it up to a portable drive, so that it’s an extra backup, and can be taken with me if I know I’m going to be away from my computer for a while.
I use a PortableApps installation to keep my work separated. You could run it in a virtual machine too.
As far as the social media platforms go though, I just use the first party sites for scheduling posts. I have to give them a minimum amount of information to have accounts on them, so I don’t see the point in giving that information to someone else too.
I’ve got a browser, email client, and FTP client, and they’re all completely separate from everything else on my computer.
Just to clarify, you don’t need to install an app or extension to use AdGuard, you can just use its dns servers. I use their own dns for my phone, so that it works everywhere, but I use my self hosted AdGuard instance at home.
I haven’t needed to change anything in the filters yet, but by self hosting, I’ve got the option if it’s ever needed.
In my defence it’s late at night here 🙈