So, what would be the best way to “block the internet” on an Android phone while still being somehow able to use it for communication with the family & friends, navigation and stuff like that?

Yeah, but computers and smartphones are kind of like food - people need them, they are not luxury goods. You might be able to use your old laptop a while longer or keep using your broken smartphone, but if it really breaks, you will buy another one regardless of tarrifs.

Yeah, because Manifest v3 is just being rolled out as described in the article.

duckduckgo browser is based on Chromium (as nearly every other “alternative” browser is) and therefore will use Manifest v3 and neuter uBlock.

To totally confuse you: The USA uses the “standard litre” while Europe uses “normal litre”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_litre_per_minute

Just imagine how much energy it must cost to provide this garbage to every mail going through Yahoos servers.

Let’s be honest: Everything that might be “worse” or “annoying” in Firefox for someone is not relevant in comparison to “no working adblocker available”. A browser without adblock is unusable

• a $2000 bed
• with a $19/month subscription
• which is a full linux computer
• full of security holes
• that allows the company to ssh into your bed
• that totally could give those guys access into your local network
• the CEO is flirting with DOGE and is offering them free beds
• they are tracking your sleep data and tweeting about it

WTF?

If they open source all their code, some tech wizard will implement a self hosted obsidian sync server with the same convenience as theirs in a day, and the company will lose their revenue stream

Obsidian is storing everything as plaintext files. Those convenient selfhosted sync solutions have been out there for years.