Skype is suck nowadays. use Signal

I am PIA User atm and my subscription will end next year. So, I am still undedcided between Mullvad or protonvpn

I know ExplorePatcher and Startallback can stop ads on Start menu. is there any viable solution for this Settings app ad?

For privacy reason. local account is the best

this one? https://gist.github.com/BrockA/2625891

So, what are the alternatives?

Bitwarden is okay and free

Use this workaround https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/get-google-search-results-without-ai-ads-or-anything-but-links/

Google doesn’t

https://www.docomo.ne.jp/english/product/feature_phone/. they are still on sale and it is still popular for old people and business persons. Hell, even some flip phone model are even water resistant.

dumb phone like flip phone it is still popular in Japan.

aside from privacy concern, who want this?

the thing about jdownloader it does not grab url and transfer it immediately to download manager with extension like IDM does.

I use Java version of XDM and it work flawlessly on brave and firefox

as long you stayed away from Ubuntu GNOME made by canonical and stick to other Ubuntu derivatives like Kubuntu,Xubuntu etc. they are good and stable distros without forced snap (I know Thunderbird,Chromium and Firefox got snapped because of the backend side. So, this is not their fault and you can switch to other ppas to mitigate this) and their software center app like discover still prioritise apt and flatpak.

Kubuntu and other Ubuntu derivatives are okay. they still use apt/flatpak on their software center

lack of content from other competitors

not easy as it sounds because Whatsapp is defacto messaging app in many countries like India, brazil, indonesia etc

Before SteamDeck comes. I am between KDE, Gnome and Xfce. But, after I bought a Steam Deck. I am now totally KDe Plasma users on my desktop and steam deck