This is super sad, but it’s not like we don’t still have a ton of options. Neo Launcher, Lawnchair, etc.

I’ve been using Neo Launcher for a while, no complaints

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

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I personally use Kanary because it seemed better than Privacy Bee and it was cheaper than Optery. Though I do believe Optery is most likely the best overall, Kanary seemed to be the best for the price.

Mullvad

I was using Silence but had issues with the encryption settings

Oh wow I hadn’t heard of Quik! What other protocols does it integrate? Not much info on their repo.

I use Partisan-SMS (PSMS) it’s a fork of QKSMS with optional encryption

wrong sub buddy

Pray that Google enshittifies YouTube enough for any amount of creators to migrate to Peertube

where is the humor?

humor where?

This is the only question that really matters when it comes to these alternatives

Thank you so much for such a detailed answer!

How do the Jewish Torah and Talmud fare? Are there much more authoritative texts for those and the Quran?

Personally I haven’t really changed anything about my entertainment other than how I attain it. Torrented movies, shows, and books, cracked games, and ad+sponsor blocked YT via Piped mean I get all the same entertainment as ever if not more (plus I actually own it forever). The only thing I’ll admit I miss a bit is Reddit.

Why not just let Watchtower do it for you?

Emerald Dialer is FOSS

Right now I’m using a Pi 4 8GB in the Argon case running KonstaKang’s LineageOS Android TV build for Pi and the only con is that it can’t seem to play 4K media very well. But it does a good enough job of replacing my FireTV for everything else.