good article, I will subscribe to your substack. Your article shows how difficult it is to really become private and independent. But also people tend to forget that these people make life simpler for the average person. you might say "yeah first they make life a nightmare by stealing your data behind your back, and then they make it simpler for you, what bastards" that is a correct statement, but to make convient easy to use UI UX someone needs to be paid for the work, and nobody wants to pay. everybody wants everything for free. human beings are paradoxically lazy and want something of value for free. most people won't put in the work you did.