The biggest problem is that average people are used to the tech big companies provide, and lazy so that they won't move to overall better alternatives. This means the companies don't care about consequences of their actions, because there is NONE. Looking at it from the company's perspective, why not make more money from people that won't leave the site anyways?

It's a white child, don't you see? /s

Try ReVanced it doesn't have the shorts button, and you can remove shorts from your home feed.

The standard version of Linux mint is with Cinnamon. Desktop environments are basically how your desktop looks. Cinnamon looks similar to Windows, and Mint is newbie friendly, so you will have no problem moving.

A lot of us understand that if you type anything in a computer it is assumed to be on the public record either easily found or through a few hoops to get it.

The problem is that nowadays your medical documentation, banking and other sensitive data is all transferred through a computer. And it should be protected and private.

If you are buying a smartphone why not buy the most secure one?

If you don't want to change anything major in your phone or go into the technical stuff, iPhone is better, but the best phone privacy-wise is a Pixel with custom (privacy oriented) ROM installed, since Pixels have the best security features among Android.

Thanks! Now on WefWef!

Don't they take search results from bing?

Edit: Correct me if I'm wrong

Wow, that sounds horrific. Glad that this was a temporary thing.

May I ask how would the "Kids Online safety bill" differentiate between an underage user and adult? I'm not from the US so that's why I don't know

Google assistant is like Siri, Alexa, Bixby or Cortana. A AI assistant, Google includes it in almost every smartphone in some way, that they have control of.

Well, after a really sweaty workout session you should wash your whole body, but washing it with chemicals every day damages the natural barrier.

Still better than FB Messenger, that's really popular among the youth where I live.

I've looked into ecosia and they store IPs for a week to "protect ourselves from spammers". They encrypt your searches, use Bing for results and ads, but they filter the "annoying" ones. I think they are pretty good overall.

I wonder how many people will send their IDs to porn hosting services

You are on iOS right? Because I can't find Liftoff on any Android store.

Who is this user and what did he post?

Even if you are unfingerprintable they can still easily track you based on your home IP, so VPN is also needed. Although, yes, UBP and hardened Firefox (or other browser) should be the first step.