In my opinion, Signal isn’t trying to be a Matrix alternative. Anonymity between users isn’t their objective, they mostly want to be a none profit alternative to WhatsApp, Messenger, etc… with strong E2E encryption. Phone numbers is ultimately the best way to discover new users as soon as you install the app.
I’m fine about ads on Signal. It is a none profit. 😉
Yes same problem here. At least I haven’t ran into a case where I couldn’t start a game because of this.
Right now I’m in a mix of Diablo IV, No Man’s Sky and Brotato. They all play very well on the Deck!
The issue with replacement for YouTube is that it needs to be both sustainable AND pay the professional content creator. This is not an easy task and the main reason why alternatives are usually running behind a subscription service.
For me it is Fedora as well. Before that I was using EndeavourOS but wanted to use something a bit more stable. Haven’t distrohoped since!