People should stop using these ad and tracking apps disguised as some useful app.

Naomi’s advises are superb. Braxman’s I’d take with a hint of salt. They tend to have a point behind them though sometimes a bit light and he’s rather keen on selling his own products.

What data? The only thing they know is when the account was created and when was the last access.

You do need a phone number to signup to Signal but you don’t need to share it with anyone. Just create a new username for each new person you want to add.

Doesn’t really matter. Musk won’t let it go bankrupt.

they make everything from rubber boots and car tires,

They don’t. That company is called Nokian Tires and it’s a complete different company.

They might superficially change something to be “compliant” but otherwise continue to do business as usual.

Good that different EU bodies investigate these but for X this is just a cost of doing business unfortunately. They’re not going to change anything.

I’m using their starter lifetime plan, and everything works flawlessly. That’s a plan where you pay only once and keep it forever.

Try filen.io. Similar concept as Dropbox but zero knowledge and encrypted. you can easily share direct (expiring (so you choose so)) links to files with or without password.

Correction: Sysinternals Process Explorer was developed by Sysinternals long before MS bought them.

Bluetooth headset are quite problematic in Linux due to missing drivers, codecs and/or firmware. As an output device they tend to work but I’ve never gotten microphone functionality working on my WH-1000XM3.

Why would anyone want to donate to a company? If people want to support the company they buy their stuff.

In many places at least in Europe incl. where I live substance abuse is seen as a social problem first and foremost and not a criminal problem. You get support from society, like free fresh needles or safe places to use, social care and health care. Chance to get rid of the addiction and start over. Of course if it becomes a criminal problem those parts are dealt accordingly.

Non what so ever. I use LibreWolf with uBlock Origin.

That would be the Aeon.

Couldn’t agree more. For us Linux gamer there’s a set of scripts that enable FAF for us (haven’t tried).

Wiki at least says: “It has been under development since 1990 by the GNU Project of the Free Software Foundation”.

filen.io

Let’s see where this leads. They have not managed so far to get GNU/Hurd production ready in the 35 years it’s been in development.