Smaller instances won't have a lot of the issues that the main instance has. I run one at https://dmv.pub. DMV being the DC/Maryland/Virginia region but anyone is welcome to join.
Double my salary, then we'll talk.
I had every Nexus except for the 5, and every Pixel except for the 5. I've had really good luck with them all. Only problem I had was after about a year the wireless charging stopped working on my Pixel 4 XL. I've handed down almost every single phone to either my parents or my kids after at least a year of use and they continue to last a few more years. I can't recall one ever dying. I swear by them.
EyeBuyDirect and Firmoo.
Vessel from Sleep Token
I've been an early adopter subscribe for months and I'm loving it. The tools available make searching easier and so much more useful.
I started paying for Kagi a few months ago and I'm loving it. Search results and tools are great. People balk at paying for a search engine, but at least this way I know I'm not the product.
No hashtags, no full text search. Just an algorithmic feed and a following feed, and you can only search users.
This is what happens when you launch with no content discovery features, so you have to whore yourself out and follow anyone and everyone if you want to get any attention. "Content creators" and clout chasers are the primary customer of this service, so without that I don't know why they'd want to use it.
I switched to Firefox/Librewolf (with a brief stint on Vivaldi) last year and haven't looked back.
Looks fantastic. Nice and clean.
It's the best Chromium browser. Company seems like it's run by decent people who listen to their users.