If your wanting to switch for privacy reasons I would go for a Pixel and put a custom ROM on it.

Is there a reason you are tied to the idea of it being a flagship? I’ve been using the A series of Pixels forever and love them.

I can very much agree with this. Like getting rid of Instagram and Tiktok has done a lot to help time not disappear in the same way.

I do agree it’s not as pretty as Proton but the encryption once it reaches your account is much better and I feel like they are more upfront about what they are and aren’t. Really my main grype with them is there lack of GPG support.

Also make sure in the torrent client that you have the correct network adapter set. In QBittorrent (windows) it’s under advanced. Then when you are torrenting something you can check your network traffic and on Windows you can see where it’s going and make sure it’s going through your VPN.

If you use MAC randomization for the guest network AND set up your VPN right you should have playable deniability. Just never admit to it and you should be chilling.

Government Accepts Bribes and Delays Policy

This is why I really wish the “control servers” were selfhostable on the open web. Kind of similar to how you can self host a relay node for Rustdesk.

The unproven claims is the key part here. Also the point of “terminating an account would punish every user in a household” is important as well.

You can fine someone for piracy if you want. As long as they have the standard legal protections. But cutting access is excessive.

Cars get damaged, it’s part of USING a GOD DAMN CAR. To me if something is damge that is invisible to a normal human eye and doesn’t impact the function of it, it’s part of renting cars.

Would you recommend an AMD or Intel?