I prefer WikiLess, tbh. Also, Metastem uses .su, which was the TLD for the Soviet Union.

Possibly, but for the sake of sideloading I'd may as well just buy an Android.

NoScript generally helps this. No JS means no uBo detection.

What themes/configs are you using?

@petrescatraian@libranet.de Now we're asking the real questions

Oo! I love this, especially the serif font you used for the UI.

Use ADB to remove Google and Samsung bloatware and tracking. Ask around for help.

You should be able to use Heimdall to unlock the bootloader, but there isn't currently a build of LineageOS or DivestOS for this phone, so unfortunately you cannot yet flash a custom ROM (AFAIK). However, rooting should work if you need this (although it can hurt your security a bit).

I'd recommend removing Google Play Services and replacing it with microG, although this may be complicated.

The best solution, however, is probably to exchange the phone for a more versatile model, such as a Google Pixel or a Fairphone.

Mint was my first distro, too. Some videos from ExplainingComputers and Switched To Linux (before he was a bigot) got me interested in the distro, and then my uncle gave me an old ThinkPad and a DVD of Linux Mint 19.2 "Tessa".

After that, I installed Linux on all of my computers. I switched to Debian, then Fedora, then distrohopped for a bit before landing on my current configuration:

• Garnet: openSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE Plasma
• Amethyst: Arch Linux with Sway (possibly soon to be Void with Qtile)
• Pearl: crunchbang++ 12 (32-bit) with Openbox
• LapisLazuli: Fedora 38 with MATE

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Definitely not. Never mind "out of the frying pan, into the fire"; for me, this is "out of the lake, into the fire".

Using Yandex would involve giving my personal data to Russia. The possibility of my data falling into the wrong hands is the main reason I am looking for a private search engine; I'm certainly not then about to just walk up to the wrong hands and say "here you go". Not to mention the censorship.

Besides, I've blacklisted the .ru, .su, and .рф, .москва, and .yandex TLDs in NextDNS.

It stopped returning results. I tried other instances: same problems. However, I think the issue may have been fixed.

I am currently on an iPhone, and I'm not really in a position to self-host (although I did try to set up a FreedomBox the other day).

Go for 2FAS. It's FOSS and quite similar to Raivo. It's also now the 2FA client recommended by Techlore.