I haven’t had the laptop long enough to know what happens after updates. However, if Microsoft wants to reset any of the changes or reinstall software or features, they will regardless of what methods or tools you’ve used to debloat. I like this tool because it’s easy to run and can be done periodically (like after major updates) without much hassle. And it’s open source on GitHub which I very much appreciate.

Here’s a really nice script to debloat a new Windows install. I bought a new Windows 11 laptop and this made it super easy:

https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

Check out your local library as well. Mine lets you print 2 pages for free each time you go in, and it’s super cheap to print more.

The feature I absolutely love on Opera mobile is it will dynamicly wrap text and adjust the page layout to a single column when you zoom in/out. So for pages with small text, you can zoom in to see enlarged text and just scroll down to read - where on all other browsers you have to scroll horizontally back and forth to read the enlarged text.

Opera has been doing this brilliantly for at least 10 years, and I have yet to see this on any other mobile browsers I’ve tried.

I don’t think you even need consent-o-matic. uBlock Origin can block the cookie popups (it’s just not enabled by default)

I’m interested in more details if you want to share. What are the other specs/components of your machine? What OS and software do you run? How do you handle backups?

By default it’s not enabled in uBlock Origin. Go to the filter list settings and enable the appropriate Annoyances filters for Cookie Notices (or just enable all the Annoyances filters)

I can’t seem to find a decent simple open source guitar tuner app for Android

This article

https://www.howtogeek.com/208917/htg-explains-how-hdcp-breaks-your-hdtv-and-how-to-fix-it/

Links to this splitter to strip HDCP

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004F9LVXC/

This website says yes a proper splitter will allow you to use your old TV

https://www.howtogeek.com/208917/htg-explains-how-hdcp-breaks-your-hdtv-and-how-to-fix-it/

They link to this splitter:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004F9LVXC/

How does one go about doing this?

I used the paid version of BeyondPod for many years, but it doesn’t seem to be supported anymore. The last update was January 2021, and it doesn’t play well with newer versions of android.

I finally switched to AntennaPod and it has been such a better experience.

How is the software experience with Fairphone? Is it generally pretty stable and bug free?