"I found it very weird that there essentially is no way to browse the web in an open manner. So that's what I am trying to build," the founder of Stract said.

“I found it very weird that there essentially is no way to browse the web in an open manner. So that’s what I am trying to build,” the founder of Stract said.

  •  🐠 tiago🍍   ( @tiago@beehaw.org ) 
    4•5 months ago

    It’s the predicament between choosing convenience or privacy. Apart from local businesses, what other searches have you found are improved by them having your data? For me, it’s money exchange rates.

    (What alternatives do you use for email and storage, though?)

    •  millie   ( @millie@beehaw.org ) English
      3•5 months ago

      Searches that require some context are often a lot easier to find. Like, if I’m searching for something D&D related, I rarely have to specify that that’s what I’m looking for. If it’s on wikidot, it’ll come up right away. Even for pretty generic words like ‘web’ or ‘death’, it knows I’m looking for the spell on the one hand and the cleric domain on the other, just because I’ve searched for so much D&D stuff and done so over and over again.

      For mail I use Proton, for backup I use iDrive. I’m pretty happy with both.