State of the Apps for 2021

    Few things have changed over the last 12 months since I wrote the last version of this post. I’ve managed to continue using Firefox for both work and personal use and hardly touch Chrome at all anymore. We’re still rocking a PiHole to block ads at home, and can’t see this changing anytime soon. I am looking into ways to use the PiHole outside of home, but I think it would just be easier to use something like NextDNS.

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    The things I use every day in 2020 - Apps & Services

    Firefox In the last year, I moved my personal stuff away from Gmail and Google Calendar (see Fastmail below) so it felt fitting to try a life without Chrome as well. Firefox is not as fast as Chrome, but it more than does everything I need it to. Plus, it helps with stopping the google monopoly of the web. Joplin {:class=“img-fluid” :alt=“Joplin”} I used to use Notion, but didn’t use the advanced features like the inbuilt database tools enough to justify the cost.

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