For me, I found that there were a few channels I subscribe to on youtube that also upload on freetube, so I watch their videos on freetube instead. I also find that the image quality is better than youtube.
I have one and opted for a Oneplus 6 running postmarketOS because of the pinephone's many shortcomings:
Terrible battery life when on, though can last on standby
Phone has terrible performance. It is frustrating to do basic tasks because it is too slow.
It gets uncomfortably hot when using it.
Some things I liked:
Screen was fine
All the phone hardware features work (unlike my op6)
Plastic back makes the phone pretty rugged.
I might have stayed with the pinephone if it was more powerful like the pro, and might have brought a battery bank so I don't have to worry about running out.
I know for me personally, its worth the time to set things up myself since I usually learn something new along the way. If you don't care about the learning aspect and just want the finished product, paying someone else is probably a good idea.
I personally am migrating accounts and contacts from my gmail address to my own domain set up with Zoho. Pretty cheap for the yearly subscription and I like knowing that my nail is not with an advertising company.
I remember how the jellyfin documentation specifically recommends against RPIs since they have no hardware transcoding. I personally use a 4th gen i3 in a mac mini and it can do what I want, though I don't use it heavily.
Yeah. One of the major reasons I never plan to use Proton or Tutanota is that none of my email apps will work and I will rely on whatever interface they provide.
Yeah, libredirect is awesome. It's useful even if I remember all the frontends, since it means even embedded and linked videos use whatever frontend I want in the case of Youtube.
For me, I found that there were a few channels I subscribe to on youtube that also upload on freetube, so I watch their videos on freetube instead. I also find that the image quality is better than youtube.