I think for your use case Signal could be a good alternative, don't listen to what people say, I would rather encourage you doing ylur own research on Signal and other recommendations you might gonna consider.

TL;DR: No.

You won't get hack by only clicking on this link (except if their is a critical exploit in your browser which makes it possible).

Mull already usr Arkenfox.js, there is not need for this and without additional context is this unrelated to the post.

Don't use Apkpure if you care abt Privacy and Security, stick to things like Aurora and Obtainium and you're good to go.

/e/OS, DivestOS, LeneageOS and CalyxOS are some options I'm aware of.

It depends. DuckDuckGo recently launched it's "Privacy Pro" Plan in the US afaik (I'm EU citizen) which claims to provide such service, but it runs locally.

Not every parameter is automatically a tracking parameter, some a required to provide specific services.

Check F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid. There are many weather apps.

I think as more competition and choices we have, so better.

• I actually never heard of Lutris before, could you please provide me some links, etc. so I can get into it?

• I don't really know what you mean by "other means", let's say Hogwarts Legacy for example. How could I acquire it otherwise, besides buying it for a console?

• Alright.

Bad research. Brave and Vivaldi will continue the support for MV2 extension, the CEO of Brave said they will continue the support even if they have to host the code themself.

I think you haven't understood the difference between privacy, and total anonymity, do you?