It’s a reference to conspiracy theories about vaccines containing trackers

They consider liberals too right wing, that’s why they want to own them iirc

Agreed. LibreTube is really good.

You 99% won’t brick it, I guarantee you. Graphene’s install is really easy. You press a few buttons on a website and never touch a terminal, aside from if you’re on GNOME. As for price, I got a used Pixel 4a 5g for 100 and newer ones won’t be as expensive as the things you might’ve gone for. Try a used Pixel 6a? (Graphene doesn’t extend software support)

Librera (f droid)

What instance? I know lemm.ee deleted all images or something

As in the transformer god?

I got a Pixel 3a for 50 bucks once (really good deal, a few circumstances around it) and an OEM unlockable 4a 5g for 100, so under the category you gave and in some sense more sustainable (its used), able to be degoogled,

What email client?

I think DaVinci resolve for AMD had a fix by Nobara

Personally I don’t, it’s been a while and my usage was never too professional. A quick web search doesn’t seem to show anything, though that’s probably due to the video editor’s obscurity.

Lineage MicroG is out there for non Pixels but I won’t lie about Graphene being pretty clearly better— on the privacy front, at least.

Degoogled Chromium then? And try Epiphany & WebKit too

through a terminal on a computer. How’d you root?

Try the Universal Android Debloater.

Try the Universal Android Debloater.

Try the Universal Android Debloater. Non rooted.

This will most certainly not fufill the processor requirements, but you might want to consider buying a used Pixel from Amazon. I got a used Pixel 4a 5g for ~100 USD and custom ROMs are fine on it (if you do this make sure you get one that can be OEM unlocked)

Darkmatter2525?

You can, and we can downvote and criticize you.