Huh I never thought about this. This is something I’ll have to do some research on, thanks.

Ive been really considering Tuta as my next choice. Do you find it difficult or easy to use for your accounts like bills/finance/important?

Interesting, never heard of that before, I’ll check it out

Thats what I was thinking too. I was considering opening a ticket with my bank but trying to do that with sites like Paypal and my phone company are extra hassles since their customer services feel non-existant.

That’s fair. It would make sense for it to be consistent whether I watched it illegally through YouTube or the Stremio combo. Ah well, looks like I continue to pirate alone.

Ok second question in response. So what would be the difference then of consuming copyrighted media uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo before they’re taken down because of violations? Would that also mean I violated the law by streaming it from an unintended source even though those sources are legit? (YouTube/Vimeo)

This makes a lot of sense. I didn’t think about the licensing of channels. Seems like thats a super simple, black-and-white way to say “yeah its illegal”. Thank you.

I will look into that thank you!

I think I looked at Bazzite and I can’t remember fully why, but I am pretty sure there were some things about it that I wasnt a fan of. But I can definitely give it a revisit.

I do have Kubuntu fully installed on an old laptop, its a gem! I am a huge Linux fan, so I am pretty bummed my PC graphics card isnt playing nice

Thank you for all of the information and resources! I’ll take some time to check everything out and add them to my growing arsenal

I have heard of this happening, it will probably be something that I’ll have to keep in mind actively while I use Windows for now. But yes, the ultimate goal is to make the huge switch to Linux when I can get my hands on a better graphics card. Linux hated my Nvidia :(

Thank you! I am definitely planning to look into that, I appreciate the recommendation!

Thank you I’ll look into that!

I realize I am quite ignorant when it comes to firewalls. Anything you recommend I look into specifically?

Yea unfortunately, a lot of what I do both job and hobby-wise has me leashed to the internet. But I do appreciate the idea of going offline whenever I can

Thank you so much for such a detailed response and providing resources! I appreciate your effort and help!

Before I do anything more I’m going to read over yours (and a few other comments) a few more times and do some research. But this gives me awesome guidance, thank you. Hopefully I can take control of whatever privacy I am able to with Microsoft while I still use it. I am hoping though to someday make a full switch to Linux with no issue.

Assuming I had the money for it, which graphics card would you recommend? Edit: This is a very viable option that I am willing to try