If you are on Windows, you already have a good antivirus program built in, and that is Windows Defender. Other than that, be sure to install uBlock Origin extension in your preferred browser - it not only eliminates ads, but also annoying pop-ups, embeds, trackers, malware sites and other annoying things on the internet. When you want to download something, and you’re not sure if it’s safe, scan the download link with VirusTotal.

I prefer not to damage my magazines in any way, at least for now.

Agreed. I was using TiviMate on my NVIDIA Shield TV when I still had an active IPTV subscription, and nothing comes close in terms of usability and ease of use. I wish legit IPTV providers could offer us a way to watch TV from them with all those apps.

I support this, but I think some Reddit communities will probably take years to rebuild, if most of their users won’t be interested in going to Lemmy in the short term - and that’s what looks to be the case for now in most non-tech communities. Also, I think those moving subreddits which could choose not to continue on Reddit should at least change their status from private to restricted AFTER the blackout, so the users could access archival, often valuable content, for example when searching on Google for answers to specific questions.

It will survive, yeah, maybe I’m overreacting. But I don’t think it will the same place anymore. It will definitely be shittier.