https://lemmy.world/c/trees seems reasonably active

i do! it transformed my address bar, i sometimes use other engines through ddg now. its the main reason its my search provider.

ive been using it consistently for the past few years. it works well for me, but sometimes ill go to other engines just to see what they come up with, or when results are lacking. sometimes they are better, sometimes they are worse.

meaning ddg is probably good enough nowadays, at least for me.

chrome > firefox with ublock origin

and while nextcloud does replace drive, docs and photos, its buggy for some people. a decent alternative is syncthing.