I dunno, apart from compile times, Gentoo is the simplest distribution ever. I have way more problems with my Arch or Ubuntu (Neon) installations.

So he was expecting a major shitshow and was positively surprised that it was just a bit of smelly poop?

I’m offended that Arch is there as an Elephant. Slackware would have way more right to be there.

Also Gentoo. :))

Why else would you need to remove that phrase unless you wanted to do something bad?

Yeah, its fucking absurd. Closest option is probably a fairphone right now. They allow a bunch of degoglified options of android and a few linux options too.

My mobile OS of choice is currently Lineageos for Microg. Makes all my apps work and protects me from google as good as possible.

You don’t need to log in to google for any of what you listed to work with google play services.

You do know that Firefox is essentially Netscape rebooted, right?

Also I don’t really know what you are trying to say here. Netscape was definitely a better option than Internet Explorer.