wonderingwanderer

A few browser extensions can help with that further. UBlockOrigin, NoScripts, CanvasBlocker, Privacy Badger, Consent-O-Matic, etc. Maybe Decentraleyes but I don’t fully understand that one yet.

Then there’s DNS proxying and/or DoH, and a variety of other settings that can be tweaked for maximum privacy.

Any one of these things alone will leave holes, but putting them all together can significantly reduce your trackability and fingerprint. Of course it’s a trade-off because some of these will break websites, but most allow granular exceptions so you can still use the sites you need.

In any case, a VPN is an important part of that, but the main purpose is to make it harder for your ISP to track you. Obscuring your IP from web hosts is just a bonus.

You should back those up first and consider contributing them elsewhere. Maybe even just a WriteFreely blog with all your old comments and context.

I wish there was a third-party reddit archive, because before it enshittified it was a great resource for a lot of niche topics.