The world was bad, it will be worse thanks to LLM. Both things can (and IMO, are) be true at the same time.

Easiest is probably with a DNS firewall to block all Samsung traffic. I recommend NextDNS.

Next level would be using ADB to uninstall tipycally uninstallable-apps.

Final level would be replacing your stock Android with something like LineageOS or eOS. I have no experience with either of those, other than installing eOS to a friend, but I use GrapheneOS and it’s such a joy, I can’t imagine using any other Android ever.

My previous cellphone was a Samsung with stock Android and the difference with GrapheneOS is insane. I’m talking going Windows-to-Linux-levels of using software that isn’t constantly spitting on your face kind of insane.

Reading some comments have me in awe. 3 people live in our housr and we use 5 kWh, and that feels like a lot already. That’s with a gaming PC and a small server.

We cook with gas and have no AC, so maybe the difference with comments and OP it’s due to that, but still, wow.

ike if there’s a risk of running alongside self-host software like Plex and jellyfin

I don’t see why there should be any problem, as they use different ports. Plus I’ve had no troubles running a Jellyfin and Navidrome instances, plus some other self-hosted services alongisde Snowflake.

I’m really glad to have helped you :). Tor is very mystified, but an awesome tool, and very neat from a technical point of view. In case you haven’t seen them, I recommend these 2 amazing videos from Computerphile: How TOR works and TOR Hidden Services

1. Not a node, but a proxy. Entry node’s IPs in Tor are publicly known, so they are easy to censor. With Snowflake you create a proxy (bridge) between a censored user and an entry node, and since your IP is not listed as a node, you help the user bypass the censorship.

2. In theory, nope. But if the user is doing something bad, a prosecutor could argue you helped them to do so. I don’t know about any case like this involving Snowflake, and I am not a lawyer. You could be a target if you were to host material, which is not the case with Snowflake.

In case it helps, I’ve been running the extension with no trouble that I’m aware of for a few years.

They care about the average human

Just 2 months ago they were celebrating the death of inocent civilians in 9/11 as if it was a holiday.