14/20, nicely done! I will say, I maybe would have wanted to see more AI results than just from Dall-e 3, though given I still missed 6 of the, that speaks very highly of Dall-e 3's capabilities. But some midjourney and SDXL images would have made for a wider guessing selection too.
I mean, that's the case for KDE too, so can't really throw stones there.
Say what you want about Brave, but at least they are moving to their own indexing. Where as DuckDuckGo is just Bing...
Also I'd take that anti-Brave link with a grain of salt. I've got a hunch it's somehow connected back to a Vivaldi dev. So I'd view it as highly untrustworthy.
I'd definitely try CalyxOS first, as it'll be the closer experience to what you've had in GOS. There's also DivestOS as well, but you're gonna be more limited there since it won't have MicroG (be default, not sure if it can be added in?) So it won't have any real access to play store apps. You'll probably get another 2-3 years out of CalyxOS on your pixel 5 if I had to guess. All depends on how long they can keep the security updates going for it.
LineageOS is a fantastic option, and eventually even when CalyxOS stops getting updates, LOS is absolutely a good choice to continue in using your device for long after the official support window. Just make sure you go with the version with MicroG so Play store apps mostly work as they should.
Could be it's a requirements for their payment processor, and details like that aren't something you talk openly about freely.
Also, you will have sites that u lock will break beyond repair, so try is the correct word. I know this well from using Brave, which is even less than uBlock does, and even then some sites are still broken and requires the shields turned off. Just an unfortunate reality with today's web.
Quite frankly no one should be using captchas at all. They are mostly pointless, and AI's have reached the point of being able to solve them. It's mostly just a gratis thing at this point... The illusion of trust and safety, probably for both users and providers.
Considering Purism is running a pump and dump scam with their phone, I wouldn't grace them or their website with a single cent. There are worse things than a potential privacy issue...
It's likely something out of their control. I imagine their payment processor either uses it, or requires the site to use it. Mostly to combat automated fraud.
You likely won't find any site, that has online shopping, that doesn't use some sort of way to gatekeep against this behavior, unless it's crypto-based. And even then it likely still has something like that. Even if the site redirects to Paypal, you're gonna face that.
Your approach simply isn't realistic to the modern web. You can try uBlock, but blocking those connections likely will make the site ultimately not work for you.
Good bot!
Haven't looked at a lot of Rust front-end GUI libraries recently, eh?
I really don't get why the Pixel lineup always gets this weird... hostility directed at it every release cycle. It's like the Pixel line is always given an extra level of scrutiny, that makers like Samsung, OnePlus, or even Apple don't get. There are reasons to give it scrutiny, especially on the software side, but some of the things thrown at the Pixel line (especially since the 6) just sometimes seems... petty. I'm not saying it's without fault, I'm a Pixel 6 Pro owner after all and can definitely offer some criticisms. But a lot of the criticisms about the design of the models always seems like nitpicking, yet it becomes a big to do.
I just don't get it, is it just the Google name that brings about higher expectations?