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A slow diversion from Chrome. I used to use Chrome for 30% of my web browsing and games, but have switched that to Firefox and Vivaldi.
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I almost completely stopped using Reddit, and instead, switched to Lemmy.
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A big shift to majority of headphone usage being wireless, mostly due to the BT600ANC headphones I have with excellent noise cancelling.
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A renewed push to seriously consider dailying Linux. Windows 11 was just Windows 10 but with some UI changes running at 0.3x the speed. But MS keeps making Windows worse, and I'm scared of Windows 12.
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Considering Third Party Apps for existing software, whenever I could. Most recently, Steam has been super slow so I really wanted a third party launcher to bypass Steam. Same for EGS, except Heroic fulfills that duty, until it fails to work.
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Due to YT being especially greedy this year, I've soured on it enough to sometimes adblock it, use it less, and most recently and hopefully most devastatingly for YT, purchasing a year of Nebula to watch many creators videos there (ad-free) instead of YT. As a creator myself, I empathize with creators of all sizes.
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Oh, almost forgot. I stopped listening to the Linux podcasts I was previously listening to. I just find it more enjoyable to listen to music at the moment.
Wait, actually forgot these:
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Purchased my friend's old PC for cheap. He likes to be on the bleeding edge and I'm perfectly happy with a water cooled 3900X + 32GB RAM + 2.5TB storage + everything except GPU for $400.
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And now the most unfortunate thing. My Facebook usage increased from basically zero to occasional use of the marketplace. It was how I found my GPU replacement for the PC, and my first motorcycle. I still adblock it hard whenever I can.
Wait, how can I forget this one!
- Use of AI as a debugging tool has skyrocketed. I now default to ChatGPT before StackOverflow because on average it's way faster with ChatGPT.