Pro tip #2.
Any time they have your stuff - they will use it (sell it) sooner or later. Zero knowledge is the answer

Not sure about “designed”, maybe evolved to be that way but not designed

If the streaming apps will be deteriorated the only option left will be yt-dlp and mpv left

I don’t see on the provided screenshot any apps that shouldn’t have the mic access. You can certainly deny it and break some apps functionality but you’ll be “safe from ads”

Even more important question we all need to answer is what’s the difference between Iceraven and Waterfox. Could not find it anywhere

Yeah, not sure. Never used SoundCloud personally

No, that’s Techlore

You can subscribe to his podcast - it’s completely free. It’s called “Privacy, Security and OSINT show”

Piped remotely, FreeTube+mpv at home, NewPipe on mobile just to download audio

If you proxy video hrough Invidious - Youtube won’t get your IP

Nice one, a hacker hacked TempleOS

Not you

Which OS did you use? Linux or MacOS?

Will Google ask me to solve a captcha while connected to a Google VPN?

I think OP meant the app store, not the client itself

Geometric Weather has a more active fork called Breezy Weather.
Quillnote has a more active fork called Quillpad

You are lucky to have multiple wives.😉

privacy.com ask for picture of ID to sign up

Oh yeah, I was replying to a post that mentioned privacy.com - that is who, I meant, asked me for my ID to be able to sign up for their service

I tried to sign up but they required my picture holding my ID. Even my bank doesn’t require that. I was not OK with that obviously.

To me it is just shifting trust from 1 entity to another like VPNs