I’d do it.

The alternative hero of that situation is the US government so …

There are two reasons why distro choice doesn’t matter.

1. The majors are mostly fine. Ubuntu (not this one), Mint, Fedora, Arch, and Debian.
2. They’re going to need to distrohop in the end anyway, and it’s naive to think they’re going to get it right on the first try.

Oh, cool, didn’t know there were so many alternative app stores. Based on a quick google search it seems Xiaomi is the only one with a web interface and that hosts Qobuz and Discord.

Many Debian developers work for Ubuntu IIRC.

I tried OpenSUSE, none of the software I wanted to install worked. It’s just too unpopular.

Fedora with RPM Fusion is probably a better bet.

I don’t know if parents monitoring children’s device usage is the right approach either. Kids, LGBT kids for example, should be able to have some privacy.

Parental controls are basically the only option here.

You could just change your DNS server to get around that though, even without the password.

DNS level blocking is a massive pain to circumvent. Adguard DNS and NextDNS allow you to do this. Mullvad DNS allows you to block adult websites, gambling sites, and (optionally) social media without creating an account.

It’s not just propaganda though. By basically all accounts China is a highly surveilled country.

This follows many browser makers ending updates 4 older operating systems, leaving legacy devices unable to use web services without an OS upgrade.

Or, without switching browser which is the far easier approach. Firefox tends to keep updating for the longest.

I briefly used NextDNS but decided against using a DNS server tied to my email.

Tor comes to mind.

Technologically it’s private, but if you’re America and have the resources to create and control sufficiently many nodes you can undermine the protections.

I wouldn’t call that “hacking”. That’s like calling someone who walks in after you leave the door unlocked a “lockpicker”.

“Phishing” would be a better word here. Hacking implies a security vulnerability in Signal.

Differences are inconsequential aside from image manipulation, asyncio_websockets, librsvg, and AV1.

Not worth blowing up an essential avenue of interacting with the modern world, especially for finding employment.

It’s better to look at the privacy implications of the KYC laws and address them individually.

You can change the shortcuts on most desktops. At least I know you can on KDE and Cinnamon.

It comes with the exact keybindings for what you are used to from Windows.

Except Kate/Kwrite defaults to Ctrl+R for replace, CTRL+H for find selected, and something else I don’t remember. The shortcuts can be changed though.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Firstly Proton is a non-profit.

Secondly security and privacy are two different things (albeit their connected).

Thirdly no company, for-profit or otherwise, is going to break the law for you.