Closing this comment as: won’t fix.

systemd-resolved is a virus. There, I said it.

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I created an account, but then realized I could use my existing bluesky account that’s registered to my own PDS. Intriguing.

What non-American alternative is there anyway? Only SimpleX comes to mind. Which I sadly don’t see getting widely adopted.

I’d argue that beyond surface-level stuff, the Debian-based distros have a steeper learning curve. PPA’s, packages with versions in the name of the package, .debs that don’t update with the rest of the system, the list goes on. No shade to anyone who is happy with Ubuntu or Mint, but I too started on Ubuntu and didn’t find it intuitive enough to stick around. OP is talking about avoiding the terminal, “just use Debian” is not even a solution to that.

Absolutely!

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Never cleans it the way I want

And thus highlights the hypocrisy of their “let’s all be friends” messaging around getting Apple to adopt RCS; Google holds the keys to integrating RCS in messaging apps on Android. Last I heard they only granted access to Samsung.

I’d be willing to excuse a mobile OS for being partially or completely proprietary if it was good. But neither Android nor iOS are.