does not compute. how does this response help me understand? i have read through a bunch of stuff but question has not been answered. what have i missed? pls advise.

leaving your phone at home is extreme?? wtf.

i agree w most of this. how do you expect to help convince others that privacy is important in this day & age if you’re being a turd bc you feel superior to someone that is just starting out? being civil & helpful doesn’t cost anything. i guess being toxic doesn’t either but that won’t help anyone move fwd to a better place of privacy.

how easily we forget about our beginnings in the privacy realm.

you’ve mentioned this twice in the comments & now i’m curious! do you kind elaborating a bit more? i’m still getting a handle on all the diff distros & functionalities.

EOY purge/organization on home nas when i have some free time this month. so far so good!

ppl laugh when i suggest gimp as a foss alternate to adobe crap. oh well, their loss ¯_(ツ)_/¯

i really want to make the switch but need to figure out how to steal a pixel phone bc i sure as hell ain’t paying for one

never heard of jitsi, but looks pretty legit from what you shared!