That doesn't make sense. uBO would just be forked.

Yes, very relevant.

Something I haven't seen mentioned is Blender's built in video editor.

I don't have the Play Store on my phone. F-Droid (Droidify), Aurora Store, Obtanium, and Accrescent.

So what's the consensus on landlords who do it as a side hustle

As someone who uses root (not at the moment but plans to) as I believe in owning my devices, fully, this is horrible. We still need to oppose this.

Both of those would, to me, seem like negatives.

Desktop icons have no benefit for me and would look ugly. Opening in the desktop would mean that I would have to press super before launching all my apps, which would be annoying.

Shunning is a cult practice, this is one of the reasons I strongly dislike the Amish

Consider Piped, Invidious, etc. Yes you can't log in, but on Piped you can create a Piped account and on mobile use Yattee (iOS) or Libretube (Android). No recommendations on home screen, but subscriptions feed and recommendations per video.

Jerboa is still my choice. Thunder is good but is slow at times, I used to be Infinity for Reddit user but I've become enamored with MD3.

Friendly fire

It's a reference to conspiracy theories about vaccines containing trackers