It’s pretty rare for people to not be logged into a Google service though, especially on mobile.
If that is the case then this conversation is somewhat moot isn’t it? But I also don’t really think it is all that rare for iOS users.
You can get a bunch of people to use it though (friends and family).
That’s a good point, definitely see a benefit then.
I also doubt they build profiles just based on IP, since it’s not uncommon to share IPs given the IPv4 shortage. There’s also CGNAT where hundreds of thousands of people share a sml number of public IPs.
Certainly, and because of that you don’t really need a proxy.
There are definitely some benefits to such a setup, I just don’t think it really is superior to a search provider that is built around not logging and selling your searches. At least not to the degree it gets recommended in these types of posts.
My experience with flatpak has been stellar from a technical perspective has been stellar.
Where it currently falls short for me personally is trust. With my distro I am putting my trust into the maintainers, but with flatpak its… random people for most apps?
It is tough when it is not a primary channel of distribution for most devs, but I am optimistic that will change in the future.