Yes, but due to the theme of this threat, I think it’s godd to post the possibilities for the users which want or need to use Windows for several reasons. Linux isn’t always the best option for all cases. It may be always a good option to use both, Win and Linux in dual boot.

It’s anyway stupid, you need your ID for the contract with your ISP, means they anyway have your ID, in last years even with a prepaid phone.

MS at least permits to desactivate all this crap (naturally not documented, but activated by default), it’s all in the settings, services and registry (eg.desactivate SysMain, whith which MS steal share your Bandwidth). Apart there are also a ton of other services and “features” which remain active by default, despite not longer needed since 15 years, eg.Prefetch, IndexService, Hibernate and other (eg.AI), slowing down the system and wasting RAM. Most optimizer apps, like ShutUp10 and others can help, if you don’t want to do it by yourself (!!!). To make easier the access, God Mode still works in Windows 11, or download Super God Mode. Windows always need work to turn it in a fast and usable OS with an reasonable privacy (remember that some telemetry make sense, eg.for update checks (Important security updates, also for drivers)

Mandatory to install Portmaster.

Correct, but there isn’t any good FOSS map out there, all rely on OSM, and Mapy certainly isn’t the worst. Another good free and independent map is HERE. With maps it always depends for what you use it. It’s sad that there isn’t any real alternative to Google Maps and Street View (HERE map at least has a 3D view on street level, but only graphically, not real images). Really private are Maps in paper, which you can buy in Tourist offices (there often free) and Gas Stations, old School

I use Mapy (EU)

Murena Workspace and kDrive instead of Gmail/Gdrive

AlterSend (P2P) instead of DropBox

vgy.me (UK) instead of Google Photos

Search - Mojeek, Startpage, MetaGer

AI - Andisearch

Vivaldi Browser, it’s Calendar, Mail and Mail Client, Feed, Notes

Zen Browser

Mandatory Portmaster on Desktop (Windows/Linux) and InViziblePro (Mobile)

There are extensions for it in the stores, but better extensions or apps to traduce short URLs and QR codes (I hate this shit) into clear URLs, to avoid surprises.

Yes, don’t trust and avoid big corps, more if from the US

Scan QR codes go against my religion

Even with more property rights. If you own a house and you don’t want to sell it when they want to build a new highway, they build the highway surrounding your house, instead of expropriating you like in western countries.

That don’t make sense, with limited mobility it is more difficult to move a Wheelchair with pedals than walking, maybe with a cane or walker.

Look on the map, don’t confuse a straight line distance on a sphere, the shortest distance from Greenland to Rusia go over the EU (Norway and Sweden), while in Alaska they need a simple Zodiac or even Walking in the Winter.

Greenland as strategig against Rusia and China is anyway a stupid argument, due tthat Alaska is separated by 4 km from Rusia, in cold winters you can go walking from the US to Rusia, and China has only commercial trading interests with other countries, not imperialistic ones, like this orange piece of shit.