Are there comparable alternatives? I never found another launcher that I like as much.

They sure do!

Carls Jr. didn’t decide to place their add on your TV. Google is the one that would be held responsible.

It’s really too bad Blackberry got out of the mobile phone market. They were the only large corporation I truly felt I could trust with my data.

While not FOSS, I do really enjoy Plexamp.

I certainly agree that it adds an element of complexity. I had never dealt with anything like this before and had to learn it, but it really is a pretty easy thing to setup.

Jellyfin is generally just as easy to set up for external access. The only thing you really need to worry about is having a dynamic IP. If you have a domain name, then setting up dynamic DNS is quite straightforward.

The only issue I have with people remotely accessing Jellyfin is that you cannot set a total system bandwidth cap. You can set a per stream cap, but that doesn’t help if you have too many people accessing your server at once.

What do you use that allows you to set per app rules?

Your solution isn’t going to hurt anything. It might be overkill, but it will definitely work.

Ultimately, I think you only really need 2 of the solutions you mentioned.

1. A network wide DNS blocker, such as Pi-hole, to catch the majority of ads.
2. A browser ad blocker, such as uBlock Origin, for the rest.

Whoever is cheapest, with good coverage in my area.

I don’t particularly think any one carrier will have any privacy advantage over another.

From my understanding, this is from setting Google as the default search engine.

Honestly, I don’t blame them for taking it. The Mozilla corporation has done a lot of good for the modern internet.

While I don’t have the solution OP is looking for, Bitwarden will provide the functionality OP is wanting.

That depends on the government in question. For example, the Canadian government does not have a claim on any kind of lottery or game show winnings.

I’m not really sure that’s a fair argument. Android generally pushes Google Play, and Samsung devices push Samsung pay. Sure, Android has more choices, but it’s still device manufacturers pushing their own products.

Of course Apple should allow competition within their ecosystem, but Samsung and Google are basically doing the exact same thing.

That’s great news! Hopefully they can get the same done on iOS.

Tron: Legacy

This is one of my favourite movies of all time. The story, atmosphere, and music are absolutely amazing!

Twitter has never really been a financially viable company. They were losing money year after year. That’s not what I would call financially stable. There’s a reason they did everything they could to force Musk to buy it when he tried to back out.