Mullvad Browser comes with fingerprint blocking mechanisms of Tor Browser, without connecting to tor. I recommend it.

I’d rather let some EU company like Qwant use my anonymized data, to hopefully someday build their own index, than use Google by proxy (except when neccessary, of course).

If something supports linux-libre kernel, it supports all distros. See https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Hardware-Considerations.html

Also: https://www.h-node.org/

Never heard of forcing VPN providers to block something. Kinda defeats the purpose. Long live Tor I guess?

SwayWM

Signal has been under way more scrutiny than SimpleX. In both academic papers and security audits.