Threema.ch already do this. Maybe that’s the answer?

I wonder what that looks like fleshed out a little, though. Is that a mandatory or voluntary payment? And by paying for what they use is that per message or per month like a subscription?

Exactly.

But do we trust entities that depend on our governments for funding? It could be argued that they’re fundamentally compromised.

Upvoted bc VC eventually means enshittifiication. But with xz getting back-doored recently, what is the middle ground that keeps these things sustainable financially and operationally?

The problem I see is that if they get too idealistic/absolutist, they will end up just like those examples you mentioned (Brave, TorBrowser, Librewolf); less successful.

Ah, that’s significant, although not surprising. They’re a national embarrassment.

Would I be able to switch seamlessly to another SIM/number in that case, do you think?

The Microsoft one does concern me. The Google features are optional to the user, but not the MS ones.

Funny. MS used to ridicule Google for being an “advertising company”. Probably said in jealousy since they’re no different now.

When it comes to the environment they have no competition. I’m still with them.

With DuckDuckGo we get zero trees planted. It’s outside the EU too so although they have a relationship with US companies I hope that there are some protections around data transfer.

I’ve only found a short demo of that in the repos. Where can I find the full version?

iOS lockdown mode, mentioned at the end of the article seems fairly comprehensive. But I would want to review those steps (in their link) a few times before deciding whether or not to commit.

As mentioned in another comment, the link takes us to the parent page where you can choose a brand (and presumably then, a model) of car to learn about.

I noticed that Mazda isn’t included among their brands so I sent a suggestion, thank you! I didn’t know that they provided privacy support for so many devices - they even have the Nintendo Switch in there and all kinds of categories: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/

Zoho and OnlyOffice run in the browser.

Same. It’s a pain to try and phone each other when we’re so busy or one is in a noisy place. We can see when the other is nearly home and get the oven heated up and some hot tea ready.