Some weeks ago, I was setting up an old laptop with bitcoin core (in pruned mode because of disk space) to start learning-by-doing. After the initial set up, I created a sparrow wallet, I hit the wall of privacy/xpub sharing you mentioned, I got frustrated because I couldn't easily find a work around, and I turned off the laptop demoralised.
Then, I find your post, and @DarthCoin's reply, and I discovered block filters, so that I can happily start falling into a new rabbit hole.
Some weeks ago, I was setting up an old laptop with bitcoin core (in pruned mode because of disk space) to start learning-by-doing. After the initial set up, I created a sparrow wallet, I hit the wall of privacy/xpub sharing you mentioned, I got frustrated because I couldn't easily find a work around, and I turned off the laptop demoralised.
Then, I find your post, and @DarthCoin's reply, and I discovered block filters, so that I can happily start falling into a new rabbit hole.
Thaks Spidey ;-)