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There's also qBitControl for iOS btw. But you have to sideload it using AltStore (which is pretty easy if you're in the EU).

A lot of the macOS networking stack (at a lower level) comes from FreeBSD.

Yeah, but they added a bunch of high-level abstractions on top over the years. Nowadays it's much closer to the way you do networking on mobile operating systems like iOS and Android.

I’m a Ruby developer but I tried to port a Linux application written in C to macOS before and it was mostly rearranging positional arguments to system API calls

But I imagine the Ruby standard library also takes away a lot of the complexity, right?

I don’t know why i2p would be flaky on macOS.

That was just my assumption, because the modern macOS network stack is not exactly similar to Linux, so some changes would be required, and since it's not that widely used (at least in the I2P community) it wouldn't get tested and developed that much. But again, that was just my assumption.

I run i2pd (hate Java)

As a former Java dev: Completely understandable. i2pd is the only I2P implementation I will ever touch, the Java client is just a buggy mess with bad performance.

Corporate, VC-funded bullshit

Good in theory, but not even closely normie-friendly enough to be used by e.g. your grandma, etc.

Signal is the best choice, since it's very easy to use, while not compromising privacy or security.

Google search: duck duck go, startpage

DuckDuckGo has a history of working with Microsoft to track users. Startpage is straight up owned by advertising company.

Use a search engine proxy like 4get, or a full meta search engine like SearXNG or MetaGer that pulls its data from multiple sources at once.

I never even realized that Transmission doesn't support it. I just have I2P set up on my seedbox (but it typically requires root access, so unfortunately not everyone can replicate this). I would imagine it's pretty flaky on macOS though? I'm pretty sure the vast majority of I2P users run Linux, so the macOS client probably doesn't get as much development and attention.

I don't think that applies when using the EU version and Apple's new sideloading framework. But I don't know, since I only have 1 app sideloaded right now.

qBittorrent is probably the most commonly used client. Transmission is another popular option, especially among macOS users, since it has a familiar design and feels more native.

rTorrent is great if you want a CLI app, and ruTorrent offers a web frontend. Another option that you can run on a server is Deluge.

You can control qBittorrent from Android using qBitController or from iOS using qBitControl (you can get it from AltStore after adding the Michael-128 repo). Transdroid supports other clients as well, and it's my personal favorite. If you want to torrent on the Android device itself, check out LibreTorrent. For iOS, use iTorrent (also available on AltStore).

If you already plan on self-hosting, or have root access on your seed box (or some other way of installing applications/deploying Docker containers), I also recommend setting up bitmagnet. It's basically your own torrent indexer and search engine. It can also integrate with your *arr applications.

I do recommend and use Mastodon. I even have a link to my Mastodon profile in my Lemmy Bio. I recommend other parts of the Fediverse as well, Firefish, Sharkey, Misskey, Iceshrimp, Mbin, WriteFreely, PeerTube, Owncast, Pixelfed, Loops, Castopod and others are all great platforms.

Yeah, I'm staying on Rednote

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