You can use kodi on any old computer or a kodi device like Vero that uses OSMC. There are non official apps for most services. Some take a little time setting up, others just username and password. While kodi its self might not spy. The streaming services certainly still track what you watch.

Depends on what your using it for? For 3d printers I like FreeCAD. Though it has a bit of an initial learning curve. It has a lot of functionally. SolveSpace was pretty good but I had some trouble with fillets and things. Might have been user errors… I havent used blender much but heard its good for more artistic modeling for games and videos. Not sure if it would work good for 3d parts? Anyone use it for that?

Trackercontrol works good on some, though some apps don’t work and you have to enable one thing at a time until it works.

https://trackercontrol.org/

Hard to explain. I use iptv because I miss having something on that is:

• something I might have not see before, channel flip and find something new.
• something I don’t really care about and can be turned off at moments notice.
• something just for background noise.
• I sometimes dont want to think and pick a show.
• Other??

Some of those overlap a little.

You are right. I think it would have to be malfunctioning. Don’t think a properly working one would burn any thing. I had the feeling from some of the articles that people were under the impression a usual and properly working ones were dangerous because of carbon monoxide. The same risk is true of any electric device. It could burn slowly. Everyone should have a carbon monoxide detector and still vent things properly either way. :)

I don’t think they do that story is just people jumping to conclusions. They can produce toxic fumes, but I don’t know where carbon monoxide would come from.

https://3dprint.com/163470/did-a-3d-printer-just-kill-people/