Simple* apps were great before they got bought by Israeli spies. The development continues in Fossify: https://www.fossify.org/

the debloater is a good resource for what system apps do, and whether or not they are actually needed.

I recommend the universal android debloater: https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation

It has good recommendations.

ummm no. I don’t want Meta to access my chats.

This might be true, but at the end of the day I don’t care. I just want things to work out of the box.

Merkel is a racist and genocide supporter.

Germany’s support for Israel shows that Germany learned nothing from the tragedy of the Holocaust.

The Holocaust teaches us that genocide and mass murder are wrong and evil. Yet modern German government supports Israel in comitting genocide against Palestinians.

There will be another memorial in Berlin 50 years from now, commemorating the Palestinians that were killed in the genocide Germany supported.

Wasn’t this always the case? I remember flying into the US during the Biden era as a tourist and had to declare my social media accounts.