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Or you can just use Linux.


I love fighting my libinput drivers every time I update. And lately the driver for my laptop keyboard is suddenly crashing without warning prompting a hard reboot every time. This was not an issue prior to a few months ago.

Linux software is not immune to frustrating changes


It's amazing how I've been running Linux as my daily driver for 20+ years and never had problems other people raise about Linux drivers.


The upgrade to KDE 6 (and switching to Wayland) has been particularly painful for me lately. Lots of bugs and stuff not working correctly (like zoom).

So yeah, Linux is not a refuge either.


It's not a refuge from issues, true. But it's a refuge from deliberate issues.


You still have to turn off ads and tracking in firefox.


I don't since I use debian.


AIUI Firefox on debian still has telemetry and phone-home on by default.


The Debian Firefox package ships a config with most of that disabled by default: https://wiki.debian.org/Firefox#Disabling_automatic_connecti...




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