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9 days agoI’ve been using TrackerControl, using basically the same idea and concept, and been very happy with it. Having app-level control over what gets blocked is very convenient.
The only downside to this approach is that you can’t use a real VPN anymore, as android only allows one at a time.
Even setting aside the fact that the term community if already in use in the context of Lemmy or the fediverse in general: I really don’t agree that you’re choosing a community. For the vast majority of things it makes no difference what instance you’re on. That’s the whole point. While I made a conscious choice for my instance, the selection was almost completely irrelevant for 99.9% of my interactions.
You probably shouldn’t pick one whose ideology goes completely against yours, and you probably shouldn’t pick one that’s heavily defederated (for whatever reason), but that’s about it.
They being said, if they have “special interests” and are coming here to mostly talk abouta specific topic, choosing a fitting instance is at least a good idea and may have more impact.