DARbarian

I've been using Neo Launcher for a while, no complaints

I personally use Kanary because it seemed better than Privacy Bee and it was cheaper than Optery. Though I do believe Optery is most likely the best overall, Kanary seemed to be the best for the price.

I was using Silence but had issues with the encryption settings

Oh wow I hadn't heard of Quik! What other protocols does it integrate? Not much info on their repo.

I use Partisan-SMS (PSMS) it's a fork of QKSMS with optional encryption

Pray that Google enshittifies YouTube enough for any amount of creators to migrate to Peertube

This is the only question that really matters when it comes to these alternatives

Personally I haven't really changed anything about my entertainment other than how I attain it. Torrented movies, shows, and books, cracked games, and ad+sponsor blocked YT via Piped mean I get all the same entertainment as ever if not more (plus I actually own it forever). The only thing I'll admit I miss a bit is Reddit.

Why not just let Watchtower do it for you?

Emerald Dialer is FOSS

Seems like people took this shitpost very seriously

I use Conduit for myself and a couple friends to chat while gaming. It was a bit finicky to setup with the TURN server, but once it was running it's been great. Even has sliding sync for Element X. Only thing I'm still struggling with is setting up Webhook notifications.