I care about privacy for the same reason you do. Actually I don't care about my personal privacy bacause I've always been careful to not share too much with big tech companies, but I refuse to use products from amazon, meta, alphabet, apple, or microsoft (outside of work hardware/software) because of how they abuse their position of power over the poor.
On the other side: Pay for a year at once and get 3600 searches/year. The rollover also doesn't happen, but the effect is drastically reduced. Also get a discount overall.
I'm not saying that kagi is perfect, but fuck google sideways. Eat the rich. Pay for the product or you are the product.
How about obsidian.md? It's based on markdown, so edit mode has lots of keybindings, and there are all sorts of javascript plugins to add functionality.
In addition to rhe other advice, I'd add what helped me the most: install arch from scratch.
Use an older PC you have lying around, or just a VM. Use the installation guide on the arch wiki (or a video on feetube if you prefer to listen to a human explain stuff) and just learn as you go.
Blind trial and error, mostly. Making the game folder read-only was the real "duct-tape" part, it occued to me to do that after steam kept "updating" the game and breaking my solution.
The survival elements are certainly a big part of rhe game, but if you want to reduce thier impact, there are a few mods that help.
I use a meditation mod, which alows you to slowly regen all three major stats (hp, stamina, mana) by sitting and doing nothing. This makes a HUGE difference in that you then only need potions for healing during fights, you never need to worry about having items to heal up.
Another one links all your stashes (one in each city where you buy a house) so that you don't have to carry everything with you al the time.
Another one (that I don't use) is improved inventory. It allows for sending items from your backpack directly to your stash. So again, you don't have to worry so much about how to carry loot back from dungeons, etc.
There's still a bit of inventory management, and both illnesses and environmental factors still need to be dealt with, but that's it.
I'm playing Outward, I'm loving the world and the artwork, and how challenging the combat is. It's an entirely different sort of RPG, and super-refreshing.
I also occasionally play dwarf fortress, and mech arena on iOS when I have a short break.
I care about privacy for the same reason you do. Actually I don't care about my personal privacy bacause I've always been careful to not share too much with big tech companies, but I refuse to use products from amazon, meta, alphabet, apple, or microsoft (outside of work hardware/software) because of how they abuse their position of power over the poor.