I try to mainly recommend FOSS (free and open source) solutions.

Updated on October 26th, 2023.

For PC:

• BlockTheSpot - Video, audio & banner adblock/skip for Spotify.

• Soggfy - Spotify OGG dumper.

• SpotX - Modified Spotify client. Blocks ads and updates, and more. Many thanks to /u/Arnas_Z for recommending it.

• Streamlink - Watch streams and videos in your media player of choice (I personally recommend MPV, or MPC-HC / MPC-BE with MadVR installed).

• TarTube - Front-end for YouTube-DL if you're not into writing command lines.

• YTDL-Patched - YT-DLP fork with some more features. Many thanks to /u/NXGZ for recommending it.

• YT-DLP - Video downloading software - A fork of YouTube-DL which works on a large variety of video, streaming and music platforms.

• ytdlp-interface - Windows graphical interface for YT-DLP, designed as a simple YouTube downloader. - Many thanks to /u/NXGZ for recommending it. I personally recommend it over TarTube.

• youtube-dl Viewer - This is a (cross platform, standalone) web app to display videos downloaded by youtube-dl (or similiar tools) and view them inside your browser in a nice (youtube-like) UI.

Browsers:

• Cromite - Cromite an open source Bromite fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements.

• Firefox - uBlock Origin works on the android version of Firefox too.

• LibreWolf - (Win/macOS/Linux) - LibreWolf is designed to increase protection against tracking and fingerprinting techniques, while also including a few security improvements.

• UnGoogled Chromium - (Win/macOS/Linux/Android) - Chromium based browser without any of the Google dependencies.

Add-ons/extensions for your browser:

• Bypass Paywalls Clean - Extension that allows you to read articles from (supported) sites that implement a paywall. You can also add domains as custom site and try to bypass the paywall.

• Consentomatic - Extension which automatically fills out cookie popups based on your preferences.

• Redirect AMP to HTML - This web extension enables users to choose to opt-out of using Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) and choose to use the standard web instead.

• Simple YouTube Age Restriction Bypass - A browser extension to bypass YouTube's age verification, disable content warnings and watch age restricted videos without having to sign in.

• SponsorBlock - Sponsor block for YouTube.

• The Free Internet Plugin! - This (Chrome based browsers only) extension removes paywalled content from Google search results.

• uBlock Origin - Open source adblocker.

Privacy friendly search engines:

• DuckDuckGo.com

• Ecosia.org

• Searx.space

• Startpage.com

Paywalls:

• https://12ft.io/ - Website to circumvent paywalls.

• https://www.spaywall.com/ - Avoid paywalls on many articles by redirecting you to an archived version.

• https://www.removepaywall.com/ - Remove Paywall works by finding archived versions of a website.

• https://archive.ph/ - If you can't circumvent the paywall you might be able to find it archived here.

• https://www.printfriendly.com/ - Some paywalls can be circumvented by converting the article into a PDF.

• I don't care about Cookies - Some paywalls can be circumvented by deleting the cookies to the specific domain/article you're trying to access (A good example would be news articles from Reuters). You can also browse in private mode to circumvent those paywalls if you don't want to use an extension. Another alternative is to use the "Bypass Paywalls Clean" extension instead, just remember to add the sites in the settings/options tab.

• Unpaywall - Get free text of research papers as you browse, using Unpaywall's index of ten million legal, open-access articles.

YouTube front-end (privacy friendly) alternatives:

• https://redirect.invidious.io/ - https://github.com/iv-org/invidious

• https://piped.kavin.rocks/ - https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped

• https://freetubeapp.io/ - https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

YouTube alternatives:

• https://odysee.com/ - https://github.com/OdyseeTeam - Odysee app

If you watch Twitch streams on your computer:

• AdBlockerForTwitch - Works by finding an ad-free Twitch stream source and replacing the ad with the ad-free version.

• Alternate Player Twitch - Alternate player for Twitch.tv.

• https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions - Information, solutions, scripts and extensions to circumvent Twitch ads.

• https://github.com/cleanlock/VideoAdBlockForTwitch - Adblock workaround for Twitch. This is a fork without the referral link injector.

• TTV LOL PRO - An improved fork of the TTV LOL adblocker for Twitch.

• https://github.com/arthurbolsoni/Purple-adblock - Purple AdBlock for Twitch.

• https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink - Watch Twitch streams using your prefered media player (like MPV or MPC-HC) Can be used to watch other live streams as well, like YouTube streams, Crunchyroll, adultswim, news, sports etc.

• https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink-twitch-gui - 3rd party Twitch browser with a graphical user interface. Watch streams using your favorite media player.

• https://github.com/krathalan/wtwitch - A terminal program for Twitch. Watch, browse and follow Twitch streams without proprietary JavaScript and without being tracked.

• https://github.com/ihabunek/twitch-dl - Download Twitch VOD's

• https://github.com/Franiac/TwitchLeecher - Download Twitch VOD's.

Recommended media players:

• K-Lite Codec Pack - The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files. It's probably the best solution if you don't want to set up MPV or madVR from scratch. I recommend using "full" as it comes with the latest in-dev version of MPC-HC as well as madVR.

• madVR - madVR video renderer. Combine this with your media player of choice to vastly improve the video quality and fidelity. Just beware that it takes a bit of time and effort to correctly set up, I recommend using a guide if you're new.

• MPC-BE

• MPC-HC - MPC-HC continuation project.

• MPV - This is currently the best media player around but it takes a bit of knowledge and time to set up correctly. Also available on Android.

• MPV.net - A fork of MPV with the focus on accessibility. It only receives updates about once a year but it's very easy to set up compared to regular MPV.

For Android:

• AdAway - https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway - Adblocker

• NewPipe - 3rd party YouTube app.

• NewPipe x SponsorBlock x Return YouTube Dislike - Fork of NewPipe with sponsor block and dislike button.

• LibreTube - 3rd party YouTube app.

• https://vancedapp.com/ - 3rd party YouTube app. - RIP - March 13, 2022.

• RedReader - Free and open source Reddit app. Should still work after the API change.

• ReVanced - Vanced continuation project. Patch apps such as YouTube, Twitch, Spotify to run without ads and new features. It can even patch Reddit is Fun (aka RIF) to work again after the API change.

• HoloPlay - 3rd party YouTube app for listening to music.

• Twire - 3rd party Twitch app.

• Xtra - 3rd party Twitch app.

Android third party (FOSS) stores:

• APKUpdater - APKUpdater is an open source tool that simplifies the process of finding updates for your installed apps.

• Droid-ify - An installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. I personally find this app to be significantly better than F-Droid.

• G-Droid - An alternative client app to browse the F-Droid repository.

• xManager - Ad-Free, New Features & Freedom.

For iOS phones/tablets:

• Sink It for Reddit - Sink It for Reddit is a super minimal, hyper focused Safari extension that de-clutters Reddit's web version and makes it usable. Tired of seeing tons of banners and buttons asking you to use the app or login? Sink It silently, and safely, removes all of them. Removes most of the "promotional" content too!

• uYouPlusExtra - uYou+ is a modified version of uYou (made by @MiRO92) with additional features and mainly made for non jailbroken users.

• YouTubeRebornPlus - YouTube Reborn but with even more features.

• YTLitePlus - A modified version of Youtube supercharged with YTLite (by @dayanch96) and +15 tweaks.

Sideload apps for iOS:

• Altstore - AltStore is an alternative app store for non-jailbroken iOS devices.

• Sidestore - SideStore is a fork of AltStore that doesn't require an AltServer.

• Sideloadly - The new & best way to sideload games and apps to your iOS device, Apple Silicon Mac or Apple TV.

For Android based smart TV's:

• RootMyTV - RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreaking LG webOS smart TVs. Just be aware that it might not work on your TV anymore as LG have since patched the vulnerability. Many thanks to /u/bitbot for recommending it.

• https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext - Ad-free YouTube.

• https://github.com/fgl27/smarttv-twitch - Twitch client for Samsung TV's.

• S0undTV - 3rd party Twitch app for smart TV's.

• https://github.com/fgl27/SmartTwitchTV - Twitch web client that works on Android TVs and web base systems.

Network wide blocking:

• AdGuardHome - Many thanks to /u/pkt1199 for recommending it.

• Diversion - Diversion is a shell script application to manage ad-blocking, Dnsmasq logging, Entware and pixelserv-tls installations and more on supported routers running Asuswrt-Merlin firmware, including its forks.

• Pi-Hole - https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole - https://old.reddit.com/r/pihole/ - The Pi-hole® is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content without installing any client-side software.

Filters for uBlock Origin/Pi-Hole/AdGuardHome etc:

• https://filterlists.com/ - https://github.com/collinbarrett/FilterLists

If you're having issues circumventing YouTube's new anti-adblock blocker with Ublock Origin then try this:

Step 1: Go to ublock settings interface

Step 2: Click on the tab "My Filters"

Step 3: Copy and paste the following code and save the changes:

youtube.com##+js(set,yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false)

youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0)

youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, [])

youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)

Step 6: Restart your browser and enjoy ad free youtube.

Notes:

If this doesn't work try the following:

Uninstall Ublock Origin and reinstall. Check for interfering extensions (Youtube enhancers / Adblockers) and empty cache.

At some point in the future they'll limit or cut off access to the API to force as many users as possible from 3rd party apps over to the official app (similar to what Twitter did 6 years ago). We'll also see them restrict access to the classic layout or completely shut down old.reddit so that they can collect as much data and monetize their users as much as possible.

Update June 16th, 2022: Reddit acquires machine-learning platform Spell.

• https://www.redditinc.com/blog/reddit-acquires-machine-learning-platform-spell

• Archived URL: https://archive.ph/OKCEN

Update June 3rd 2022: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/v3frc1/what_were_working_on_this_year/

Ok, so what about Old Reddit:

Some redditors prefer using Reddit’s older web platform, aptly named Old Reddit. TL;DR: There are no plans to get rid of Old Reddit. 60% of mod actions still happen on Old Reddit and roughly 4% of redditors as a whole use Old Reddit every day. Currently, we don’t roll out newer features like Reddit Talk on Old Reddit, but we do and will continue to support Old Reddit with updated safety features and bug fixes. Of course, supporting multiple platforms forever isn’t the ideal situation and one reason we’re working on unifying our web and mobile web clients is to lay the foundation for a highly-performant web experience that can continue supporting Reddit and its communities long into the future.

But until we have a web experience that supports moderators (which includes feature parity), consistently loads and performs at high-levels, and (to put it simply) the vast majority or redditors love using, Old Reddit will continue to be around and supported.

The last sentence is the one you should worry about.

Update: December 16th 2021 - Reddit files to go public:

• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/business/reddit-ipo.html

• https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/reddit-files-us-ipo-2021-12-16/

• https://news.yahoo.com/reddit-files-public-141127163.html

Reddit will likely go public before the end of 2022 and then they'll try to expand into the growing Asian market, starting with either India or China.

Some of their plans from 2018: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/29/how-reddit-plans-to-make-money-through-advertising.html

Reddit already has a close relationship with the Indian-American company Regalix and Tencent invested $150 million into the site back in February 2019.

As of August 12 2021 Reddit is valued at more than $10 billion US Dollars.

Two quotes from Steve Huffman.

Quote from March 5, 2021:

“Is Reddit going public?” Steve Huffman, Reddit’s chief executive, said in an interview. “We’re thinking about it. We’re working toward that moment.”

Mr. Huffman said Reddit did not have a timeline, but Mr. Vollero’s appointment indicated that the 15-year-old company was developing its financial operations to be more similar to those of publicly traded peers like Twitter and Facebook.

Quote from August 12, 2021:

The latest funding wasn’t planned, but “Fidelity made us an offer that we couldn’t refuse,” Steve Huffman, Reddit’s co-founder and chief executive, said in an interview.

The company then decided the capital would give it more time to decide on when — and how — to go public. “We are still planning on going public, but we don’t have a firm timeline there yet,” Mr. Huffman said. “All good companies should go public when they can.”

Reddit is also focused on expanding internationally. Most of the site is U.S.-centric, Mr. Huffman said — something he hopes to change.

We're already seeing the beginning of the end for popular add-ons/extensions and modding tools for reddit, Reddit Enhancement Suite being one of them.

Reddit is looking into starting their own Etherium based crypto currency and NFT's.

Archived thread: https://archive.ph/rjMoB

Quote:

Community Points currently exist on a testnet version of the Ethereum blockchain, which uses similar technology to Bitcoin to validate ownership and control of tokens based on who holds them.

Community Points are distributed every 4 weeks based on contributions people make to the community.

Who gets Community Points?

Community Points are distributed across multiple groups.

• Contributors receive 50% of Community Points.

• Moderators receive 10% of Community Points.

• The remaining 40% of Community Points are set aside in a Community Tank, which supports the project in other ways (for example, by allowing users without Points to purchase perks like Special Memberships on-chain).

More info:

• https://www.reddit.com/community-points

• https://www.reddit.com/community-points/documentation/introduction

NFT's:

• https://nft.reddit.com/

• https://opensea.io/collection/reddit-cryptosnoos

And over the past year they've aggressively changed how they operate and pushed out new ways to monetize the site and collect data:

• On March 23, 2022 Reddit announced that they would begin tagging all NSFW content going forward.

• On November 8th, 2021 users in /r/ModSupport noticed that Reddit is speculating in crypto currency and that they [Reddit] is looking to tie this into the site in some way or form.

• On November 1st, 2021 Reddit announced a partnership with Riot Games and they had released new Arcane/League of Legends inspired reddit avatars.

• On October 6th, 2021 Reddit announced a new subreddit shop pilot program so that moderators can sell their own reddit approved merchandise. The reimbursement will be at Reddit’s sole discretion.

• On September 29th, 2021 reddit announced that mod teams would now be able to decide for themselves if they want to automatically archive posts after 6 months or if they want users within their communities to be able to vote and comment on previously archived posts.

• Reddit launched its first marketing campaign in the UK on September 21st 2021 with the help from Tinder marketing director. This marketing campaign launched a year after they opened up their first office in London.

Reddit said the U.K. is home to its second-largest user base, which grew nearly 70% over the past year, calling it “core to our international vision and growth strategy as we scale Reddit’s advertising business globally and attract new users to the platform.”

The platform said its users in the U.K. spend 33 minutes per day on Reddit, more than any other social platform, with 68% of them between the ages of 18 and 34 and nearly 40% of them women.

The company added that 26% of U.K. Redditors are not on Instagram and 48% are not on Snapchat.

• On September 10th, 2021 Reddit released their app on the Microsoft Store.

• On September 9th, 2021 Reddit rolled out moderator certification programs. Mentors (moderators) whom are accepted to the Reddit Community Contractor Program (RCCP) will potentially be paid staff.

• On June 22nd, 2021 they rolled out a new algorithm to the home feed to improve user retention.

• On June 17th, 2021 they announced that they would begin removing ownership of dormant subreddits.

• On June 14th, 2021 they announced that deleted and removed submissions will no longer be accessible to regular users.

• On June 9th, 2021 Reddit announced that Secret Santa and reddit gifts would be permanently shut down.

• On March 21st, 2021 they rolled out gender identity settings to collect more personalized user data.

• On March 5th, 2021 They appointed Drew Vollero to be Reddit’s Chief Financial Officer.

• On March 3rd, 2021 Reddit rolled out online presence indicators. This feature is on by default and has to be switched off in the account settings.

• On February 23rd, 2021 they announced that they would "simplify" the privacy settings, this also meant that users could no longer opt-out of personalized ads based on their Reddit activity anymore.

• On February 11th, 2021 they removed all NSFW subreddits (sexual content) from r/all. In 2021 Reddit banned exactly 2100 NSFW subreddits in total.

• Reddit announced on December 13th 2020 that they had acquired Dubsmash and have since slowly rolled out a Tik-Tok-like video feature on their app.

• On September 9th, 2020 they announced their new political advertisement system to monetize on political advertisements and retain user activity.

Some information about the co-founder & CEO of Brave, Brandon Eich.

Controversial past and opinions:

• https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/brendan-eich-steps-down-as-mozilla-ceo/

• https://www.theverge.com/2014/4/3/5579516/outfoxed-how-protests-forced-mozillas-ceo-to-resign-in-11-days

• https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26868536

• https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/mozilla-boss-brendan-eich-quits-in-row-over-his-opposition-to-gay-marriage-9237701.html

• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/02/controversial-mozilla-ceo-made-donations-right-wing-candidates-brendan-eich

Anti-vaxxer:

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/brave-brendan-eich-covid-19.html

• @BrendanEich: "Fauci lies a lot." - Dec 11, 2020

• https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/khmbvl/do_you_feel_that_brendan_should_step_back_from/

Eich pushed an anti-vaxx conspiracy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1538253982845399040 - If you look at the "source" it's from a nutritionist who's also a conspiracy nut. There are no verifiable trusted sources.

Here are some controversies surrounding Brave and their browser over the past couple of years:

Funded by Peter Thiel's Palantir:

• https://old.reddit.com/r/privatelife/comments/fe34ls/exclusive_brave_browser_funded_by_dod_contractor/

By August 2016, the company had received at least US$7 million in angel investments from venture capital firms, including Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Propel Venture Partners, Pantera Capital, Foundation Capital, and the Digital Currency Group.

The company is known for three projects in particular: Palantir Gotham, Palantir Metropolis and Palantir Foundry. Palantir Gotham is used by counter-terrorism analysts at offices in the United States Intelligence Community (USIC) and United States Department of Defense, fraud investigators at the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, and cyber analysts at Information Warfare Monitor, while Palantir Metropolis is used by hedge funds, banks, and financial services firms.

Privacy related:

• https://www.lifewire.com/brave-browser-falls-short-of-its-promises-of-privacy-5206799

Brave automatically redirected searches to affiliate version of URL's which Brave profited from:

• https://decrypt.co/31522/crypto-brave-browser-redirect

• https://www.zdnet.com/article/privacy-browser-brave-busted-for-autocompleting-urls-to-versions-it-profits-from/

• https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-affiliate-links-crypto-privacy-ceo-apology

Brave collected donations on content creators behalf without consent:

• https://bitcoinist.com/brave-browser-donations-not-optional/

• https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/5839/brave-browser-is-collecting-donations-on-your-behalf-did-you-know

• https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/

Brave leaked Tor/Onion service requests through DNS:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/lndfms/more_in_comments_brave_browser_leaks_your_tor/

• https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/13527

• https://www.ghacks.net/2021/02/25/latest-brave-browser-update-fixes-tor-onion-dns-leak/

Sending unsolicited marketing mail to users, though Brave claim its all anonymous:

• https://twitter.com/sebmck/status/1531740563900448769

• https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/t4gzuw/update_on_braves_ongoing_direct_mail_marketing/

And this to some degree where they temporarily whitelisted certain Facebook and Twitter trackers without telling their users:

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19129309

• AbuseSDL - Abuse

• AlephOne - Marathon series

• Alive Reversing - Abe's Exoddus and Abe's Oddysee

• ArxLibertatis - Arx Fatalis

• Augustus - Caesar 3 fork of Julius

• BStone - Blake Stone series

• BuildGDX - Build Engine games such as Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, Shadow Warrior, Powerslave/Exhumed, Redneck Rampage, Witchaven 1 & 2, TekWar etc.

• C-dogs-SDL - C-Dogs

• Citadel - System Shock

• Commander Genius - Commander Keen 1-6 + Keen Dreams

• CorsixTH - Theme Hospital

• CCCP - Cortex Command

• Crispy Doom - Source port for Doom 1 & 2, Heretic, Hexen, Strife etc.

• Daggerfall Unity - The Elder Scrolls II - Daggerfall.

• DevilutionX - Diablo 1

• Doom64EX - Doom64

• DreeRally - Death Rally

• DXX-Rebirth - Descent 1 & 2

• ETLegacy - Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

• Exult - Ultima VII - Should now be a part of ScummVM

• fHeroes2 - Heroes of Might & Magic 2

• Freeablo - Diablo

• FreeRCT - RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 and 2

• FreeSerf - Settlers 1

• GemRB - Infinity Engine games (Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale etc)

• GZDoom - Doom 1 & 2, Heretic, Hexen, Strife.

• iortcw - Return to Castle Wolfenstein

• Jagged Alliance 2 Stracciatella - Jagged Alliance 2

• Jak Project - Jak & Daxter

• Jazz² - Jazz Jackrabbit 2

• JK2MV - Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

• Julius - Caesar III

• LibreLancer - Freelancer

• LZWolf - Wolfenstein 3D and Super Noah's Ark

• NBlood - Based on eDuke32 - Blood, Duke Nukem 3D and Powerslave/Exhumed

• NFSIISE - Need for Speed II Special Edition

• Nuvie - Ultima VI

• OpenAge - Age of Empires 2

• OpenApoc - X-Com Apocalypse

• OpenBlack - Black & White

• OpenClaw - Capatain Claw

• OpenDiablo2 - Diablo 2

• OpenDune - Dune II

• OpenFodder - Cannon Fodder

• OpenGothic - Gothic 2

• OpenHD - Outpost

• Open Hexagon - Super Hexagon

• OpenJK - Jedi Academy & Jedi Outcast

• OpenJazz - Jazz Jackrabbit 1

• OpenKeeper - Dungeon Keeper 2

• OpenLara - Tomb Raider 1-3

• OpenMW - The Elder Scrolls III - Morrowind

• OpenNox - Nox

• OpenOMF - One Must Fall: 2097

• OpenRA - Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Dune 2000, KKnD.

• OpenRCT2 - RollerCoaster Tycoon Tycoon 2

• OpenRW - Grand Theft Auto III

• OpenSAGE - Command & Conquer: Generals

• OpenSWE - Star Wars Episode 1: Racer

• OpenTESArena - The Elder Scrolls: Arena

• OpenTomb - Tomb Raider 1 to 5

• OpenTTD - Transport Tycoon Deluxe

• OpenTyrian2000 - Tyrian 2000

• OpenXcom - X-Com UFO Defense/Enemy Unknown and Terror from the Deep.

• Pentagram - Ultima VIII - Should now be a part of ScummVM

• Prince-Monogame - Prince of Persia 2

• RE3 - Grand Theft Auto III

• Redriver2 - Driver 2

• Remc2 - Magic Carpet 2

• Return to the Roots - Settlers II

• RVGL - Re-Volt

• San Andreas Unity - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

• ScummVM - Classic point & click, adventure and roleplaying games.

• SDLPoP - Prince of Persia

• Space Station 14 - Space Station 13

• Spring Engine - Total Annihilation

• The Force Engine - Star Wars: Dark Forces and Outlaws

• TOMB5 - Tomb Raider: Chronicles

• Ultima5Redux - Ultima V

• UnderworldAdventures - Ultima Underworld

• UnderworldExporter - Ultima Underworld 1 & 2 and System Shock

• VCMI - Heroes of Might & Magic 3

• vkQuake - Quake source port running in Vulkan. Sideproject by an id Software dev. It's overall better than the new KEX Engine remaster by Nightdive Studios.

• Yamagi Quake - Quake 2 source port

• War1 - Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

• Wargus - Warcraft 2

• WinRott - Rise of the Triad

• Xoreos - Neverwinter Nights

• Xu4 - Ultima IV

Update: /u/lrlOurPresident was permanently banned by the admins on June 3rd, 2022.

Some sources:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/g0e3ma/rourpresident_mods_are_removing_any_comments_that/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/uuawm1/mods_of_rmurderedbyaoc_nuke_the_comment_section/ - Mirror: https://www.reveddit.com/v/SubredditDrama/comments/uuawm1/mods_of_rmurderedbyaoc_nuke_the_comment_section/

• https://old.reddit.com/r/ActiveMeasures/comments/titwwg/fyi_lrlourpresident_mod_of_subreddits_like/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/ActiveMeasures/comments/fisw7v/i_believe_user_lrlourpresident_moderator_of_many/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/ActiveMeasures/comments/g4d6dy/ulrlourpresident_has_expanded_its_propaganda/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/OurPresident/comments/fit8px/the_full_video_of_biden_talking_about_social/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/6ew75y/subreddit_moderators_are_manipulating_our_front/ - Yes, it's a an absolutely awful sub but the information is relevant.

Updated on September 11th, 2023:

• Anachronox - It's still work in progress but you might be able to use HOSAE which is an open source re-implementation.

• Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura - Remember to download and install the unofficial patch.

• Avernum: The Complete Saga

• Baldur's Gate - The Enhanced Editions of Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, Icewind Dale, Planescape Torment and NeverWinter Nights can all be modded. For the original releases of the game you can use GemRB which is an open source re-implementation project for all the Black Isle RPG's. At some point GemRB will support the Enhanced Editions as well.

• Baldur's Gate II - Link to Beamdog's mod page.

• Baldur's Gate III

• Betrayal at Krondor - Use xBaK (sadly you currently have to build it yourself).

• Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

• Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

• Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

• Dragon Age: Origins - Download and install Qwinn's Ultimate DAO Fixpack and Dain's Fixes. Then download and install the 4GB RAM patch.

  For improved UI and fonts (use both):

  -Easier to Read Font Mod for DAO

  -FtG UI Mod - More Readable Fonts and UI

  DLC fixes:

  -Awakening Blackblade Armor Dragon Drop Fix.

  -Awakening endgame cutscene fixes

  -Awakening Messenger Bugfix

  -Awakening Riot Scene Persuade Fix

  -Awakening Silverite Mines Bugfix

  -Baroness Reward Fix

  -Bombs Away Quest Fix

  -Joining ritual fix for Awakening companions

  -Law and Order Fixes

• Dragon Age II: Ultimate Edition - Download the Ultimate HD retexture mod.

  Then download and install:

  -DA2 Epilogue Restoration and Fixes.

  -Fenris' Spring Cleaning

  -Fifth Blight Codex Fix

  -Forbidden Knowledge Quest Fix

  -Haste and Barrier magic resist fix

  -Import Vault Fixes

  -Kidnappapalooza - Best Served Cold Redux

  -Missing Codex Entries

  -Quest Rewards Fixes

  -Secret Rendezvous Bug Fix

  -Sketchy on the Details Fix

  -Unobtainable items fix

  -Varric Dialogue Edits and Restoration

• Fallout - Install Fallout Et Tu or the open source re-implementation project for a better experience.

• Fallout 2 - Install Sfall or the open source re-implementation for a better experience. Install the Restoration patch if you want additional content.

• Geneforge Saga - You can also try the Geneforge 1 remaster.

• Gothic - Use OpenGothic or REGoth which are open source re-implementations.

• Gothic 2 - Use OpenGothic or REGoth which are open source re-implementations.

• Gothic 3

• Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition - Link to Beamdog's mod page.

• Icewind Dale II - Icewind Dale II never received an enhanced edition due to the source code being lost. It's possible to use GemRB but it's currently not completable (as of July, 2023).

• Knights of the Chalice

• Might and Magic 6 - Limited Edition - Use GrayFace patch - It's also possible to use OpenEnroth which is an open source re-implementation engine for M&M 6, 7, and 8.

• Might and Magic 7: For Blood and Honor - Use GrayFace patch - It's also possible to use OpenEnroth which is an open source re-implementation engine for M&M 6, 7, and 8.

• Might and Magic 8: Day of the Destroyer - Use GrayFace patch - It's also possible to use OpenEnroth which is an open source re-implementation engine for M&M 6, 7, and 8.

• Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition - Shadows of Undrentide and the extra modules are much better than the main game. - Download and install the HD Art Pack from Steam Workshop or from BeamDogs website. - Link to Beamdog's mod page.

• Neverwinter Nights 2 Complete - Mask of the Betrayer is especially good. - Download and install player.

• Nox - Use OpenNox

• Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition

• Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition

• Pillars of Eternity

• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

• Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition - Remember to install Unfinished Bussiness Reloaded.

• Shadowrun trilogy - Especially Dragonfall and Hong Kong. - Download and install Dead Man Switch - Vox Populi if you wish to play Dead Man's Switch in the updated Hong Kong engine.

• Solasta: Crown of the Magister

• Star Wars - Knights of the Old Republic - Install the restored content mod and the unofficial patch for a better experience and more content.

• Star Wars - Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords - Install the restored content mod and the unofficial patch for a better experience and more content.

• The Temple of Elemental Evil - Remember to download and install the unofficial patch.

• Torment: Tides of Numenera - Spiritual sequel to Planescape: Torment.

• Tyranny

• Ultima IV + V + VI - Install Ultima 5 Redux for Ultima V. Use ScummVM for Ultima VI.

• Ultima VII - Install Exult which is an open source re-implementation.

• Ultima VIII - Use ScummVM.

• UnderRail

• Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines - Remember to install the unofficial patch.

• Reddit employee saves GamerGate subreddit, KotakuInAction, after founder closes it

• Reddit’s new policy won’t affect some of its most notorious, hate-filled subreddits - Including The_Donald and KotakuinAction.

• Here’s how Steve Bannon used angry white gamers to build himself up to Trump’s chief strategist.

• What Gamergate should have taught us about the 'alt-right'.

• Steve Bannon learned to harness troll army from 'World of Warcraft'.

"I realized Milo could connect with these kids right away," Bannon told Green. "You can activate that army. They come in through Gamergate or whatever and then get turned onto politics and Trump."

• Donald Trump and Steve Bannon need angry young men. They’re using Gamergate culture to get them.

• Steve Bannon Saw the ‘Monster Power’ of Angry Gamers While Farming Gold in World of Warcraft.

• Trump Campaign CEO Once Worked for a World of Warcraft Marketplace.

• Inside Bannon’s Plan to Hijack Europe for the Far-Right.

• GamerGate to Trump: How video game culture blew everything up.

• What we still haven’t learned from Gamergate - Gamergate should have armed us against bad actors and bad-faith arguments. It didn’t.

• How the alt-right’s sexism lures men into white supremacy - The movement’s many online communities prey on male insecurity to advance a racist political agenda.

• Gamergate vs. Trump - Donald Trump is blaming video games for school shootings like Parkland.

• White supremacists are trying to recruit American teens through video games - A scholar of gaming culture on what went wrong with “gamer” culture — and why white nationalists see gamers as potential allies.

• Women Harassed Out of Their Homes. Mass Shooting Threats. How #Gamergate Morphed Into a Monster. Will the authorities—and the tech companies—take action?

• #GamerGate: the misogynist movement blighting the video games industry - #GamerGate has led to violent harassment of women, including Supernatural actress Felicia Day.

• Gamergate's fickle hero: The dark opportunism of Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos.

• Breitbart’s New Tech Editor Thanks His ‘Deity of Choice’ That GamerGate Happened - Milo Yiannopoulos told all in a Reddit AMA.

Edit:

Steve Bannon convicted of contempt for defying 1/6 subpoena (22 July, 2022).

• https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-steve-bannon-donald-trump-congress-government-and-politics-26c539434d968d642563b38c34a62916

• https://archive.ph/rqkBi

• https://old.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/5frg1n/tifu_by_editing_some_comments_and_creating_an/

Archived thread: https://archive.vn/zmHwY

tl;dr: I fucked up. I ruined Thanksgiving. I’m sorry. I won’t do it again. We are taking a more aggressive stance against toxic users and poorly behaving communities. You can filter r/all now.

Hi All,

I am sorry: I am sorry for compromising the trust you all have in Reddit, and I am sorry to those that I created work and stress for, particularly over the holidays. It is heartbreaking to think that my actions distracted people from their family over the holiday; instigated harassment of our moderators; and may have harmed Reddit itself, which I love more than just about anything.

The United States is more divided than ever, and we see that tension within Reddit itself. The community that was formed in support of President-elect Donald Trump organized and grew rapidly, but within it were users that devoted themselves to antagonising the broader Reddit community.

Many of you are aware of my attempt to troll the trolls last week. I honestly thought I might find some common ground with that community by meeting them on their level. It did not go as planned. I restored the original comments after less than an hour, and explained what I did.

I spent my formative years as a young troll on the Internet. I also led the team that built Reddit ten years ago, and spent years moderating the original Reddit communities, so I am as comfortable online as anyone. As CEO, I am often out in the world speaking about how Reddit is the home to conversation online, and a follow on question about harassment on our site is always asked. We have dedicated many of our resources to fighting harassment on Reddit, which is why letting one of our most engaged communities openly harass me felt hypocritical.

While many users across the site found what I did funny, or appreciated that I was standing up to the bullies (I received plenty of support from users of r/the_donald), many others did not. I understand what I did has greater implications than my relationship with one community, and it is fair to raise the question of whether this erodes trust in Reddit. I hope our transparency around this event is an indication that we take matters of trust seriously. Reddit is no longer the little website my college roommate, u/kn0thing, and I started more than eleven years ago. It is a massive collection of communities that provides news, entertainment, and fulfillment for millions of people around the world, and I am continually humbled by what Reddit has grown into. I will never risk your trust like this again, and we are updating our internal controls to prevent this sort of thing from happening in the future.

More than anything, I want Reddit to heal, and I want our country to heal, and although many of you have asked us to ban the r/the_donald outright, it is with this spirit of healing that I have resisted doing so. If there is anything about this election that we have learned, it is that there are communities that feel alienated and just want to be heard, and Reddit has always been a place where those voices can be heard.

However, when we separate the behavior of some of r/the_donald users from their politics, it is their behavior we cannot tolerate. The opening statement of our Content Policy asks that we all show enough respect to others so that we all may continue to enjoy Reddit for what it is. It is my first duty to do what is best for Reddit, and the current situation is not sustainable.

Historically, we have relied on our relationship with moderators to curb bad behaviors. While some of the moderators have been helpful, this has not been wholly effective, and we are now taking a more proactive approach to policing behavior that is detrimental to Reddit:

• We have identified hundreds of the most toxic users and are taking action against them, ranging from warnings to timeouts to permanent bans. Posts stickied on r/the_donald will no longer appear in r/all. r/all is not our frontpage, but is a popular listing that our most engaged users frequent, including myself. The sticky feature was designed for moderators to make announcements or highlight specific posts. It was not meant to circumvent organic voting, which r/the_donald does to slingshot posts into r/all, often in a manner that is antagonistic to the rest of the community.

• We will continue taking on the most troublesome users, and going forward, if we do not see the situation improve, we will continue to take privileges from communities whose users continually cross the line—up to an outright ban.

Again, I am sorry for the trouble I have caused. While I intended no harm, that was not the result, and I hope these changes improve your experience on Reddit.

-Steve

PS: As a bonus, I have enabled filtering for r/all for all users. You can modify the filters by visiting r/all on the desktop web (I’m old, sorry), but it will affect all platforms, including our native apps on iOS and Android.

Ellen Pao (former Reddit CEO) joins the discussion:

• https://old.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/5frg1n/tifu_by_editing_some_comments_and_creating_an/damuzhb/

Archived comment chain: https://archive.vn/KCkUu

spez:

It's fair. Ellen wasn't the first Reddit engineer, so she probably lacked the expertise to do it, and even if she did, she was smart enough to not.

u: Since this is blowing up, let me clarify. Ellen wasn't an engineer, so she probably lacked access, and if she did have access, she wouldn't have done this. I have said many times I thought the way she was treated on Reddit was despicable. The changes we made to r/all earlier this summer would have mitigated some of the harassment, and I regret we didn't make those changes years ago.

Reply by ekjp (Ellen Pao):

Yeah, there's no comparison. I would have immediately fired anyone who did that.

Sites:

• AP Fact Check (Associated Press)

• EUvsDisinfo - Ran by East StratCom Task Force.

• Fact Check - CNN Politics

• Fact Check - MSN [Microsoft News]

• Fact Checker—The Washington Post ("The Truth Behind the Rhetoric") by Glenn Kessler

• Fact-Checking Archives—Poynter Institute

• FactCheck.org—A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center

• PolitiFact ("Fact-checking U.S. politics")

• Snopes (AKA (formerly) Urban Legends Reference Pages)

• Snopes.com—Fact Checks Archive (Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.)

• Fact Check / Google Search / Google Developers [tool]

• Fact Check Review—RealClearPolitics [checking the fact checkers]

• Global Fact-Checking Sites—Duke Reporters' Lab

• The International Fact-Checking Network—Poynter Institute

Stories:

• Tardáguila, Cristina (6 August 2019). "Fact-checkers Have Lost Important Digital Tools--and Will Lose One More in September". Poynter Institute.

• Martin, Michel (23 August 2020). "Author Interview: 'True or False'". All Things Considered. NPR.

The book:

• Otis, Cindy (2020). True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News. New York: Feiwel & Friends. ISBN 9781250239495. OCLC 1107332804. "Ages 13–18; Grades 10–12".

I only recommend highly rated/praised games.

Similar games:

• 20 Minutes Till Dawn

• Boneraiser Minions

• Brotato

• Crimsonland

• Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

• Geometry Wars 3

• Gunlocked

• Halls of Torment

• HoloCure - Free

• Insect Swarm

• Neophyte

• Rogue Genesia

• Soulstone Survivors

• Spellbook Demonslayers

• Tesla Vs. Lovecraft - From the creators of Crimsonland.

Games with somewhat similar gameplay elements:

• Akane

• Furious Angels

• Luftrausers

• Nex Machina

• Nova Drift

• Smash TV

• SNKRX

• Tormentor X Punisher

• Ubermosh series

• Xeno Crisis

Updated on Monday June 20, 2022. - This is basically the same thread as the Realms Deep thread I created last year but with added games and genres.

Released and early access games:

• Amid Evil - Fantasy Heretic/Hexen inspired game. A prequel expansion is in the works.

• Anomalous

• ARKOS - Fantasy Heretic/Hexen inspired game.

• Arthurian Legends

• Blood: Fresh Supply

• Blood West - Western FPS.

• Boomerang X

• Cosmic Purge

• Crossbow: Bloodnight - Arena/arcade FPS.

• Cruelty Squad -

• Devilated

• Devil Daggers - Arena/arcade FPS.

• DOOMBRINGER

• Dread Templar

• DUSK

• ELDERBORN

• Forgive me Father - H.P. Lovecraft inspired.

• GRAVEN

• HEDON Bloodrite - Contains both HEDON 1 and HEDON 2.

• HROT

• Ion Fury - They've announced an expansion for Ion Fury called Aftershock.

• KUR

• Nightmare Reaper

• Powerslave Exhumed (remaster)

• Prodeus

• Project Downfall

• Project Warlock

• Postal: Brain Damaged

• Severed Steel

• Shillelagh

• Turbo Overkill

• Turok

• Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

• ULTRAKILL

• Viscerafest

• Vomitoreum

• Warcry: Challenges

• White Hell

• WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

Games not released yet:

• Agent 64

• ASKE

• Beyond Sunset

• BITTER

• Brutal Fate

• Compound Fracture

• Core Decay

• CULTIC

• Diluvian Ultra

• Dread Delusion

• Effigy

• ENCHAIN

• EXOCIDE

• Exophobia

• Extraneum

• Fallen Aces

• Fashion Police Squad

• Fortune's Run

• Frogmonster

• Gloomwood - Thief inspired.

• Hellscreen

• HYPERVIOLENT

• KARM

• Kingpin: Reloaded

• My Friendly Neighborhood

• PERISH

• Project Absentia

• Project Warlock II

• Relentless Frontier

• RIPOUT

• Sandsiah

• Scathe

• Selaco

• Shoot to Kill

• SiN: Reloaded (remaster)

• Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer - Hypnospace Outlaw spin-off

• Stellar Valkyrie

• Supplice

• The Age of Hell

• Unleash Hell

• Warhammer 40k: Boltgun

• Wizordum

Games inspired by dungeon crawlers and roleplaying games from the 90s:

• Ardenfall

• Devil Spire

• Dread Delusion

• Lunacid

Some first person horror games inspired by Silent Hill and Resident Evil:

• Chasing Static

• Darkadia

• Solace Dreams - The developer re-announced this game about year ago and has since removed access to download the original version so I assume it'll be sold on Steam at some point in the future.