I like flatpaks, kinda. If something is in the standard repo, I install it. If it’s a library or CLI tool, I add the repository. If it has simple build instructions, I build it. If all of those things are too complicated or they want me to run a script, I just install the flatpak.

Just use WHOIS protection (which should be free, but whatever).

We’re on the same wavelength lol

If anything, this hopefully illuminates to all Americans how much of our labor is provided by the periphery.

I recommend AirVPN. Never had a problem w/ them & doesn’t require a special VPN client.