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[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I hear you! I was on the same boat - I had telemetry locked down as much as possible, but I eventually got tired of the arms race and decided to give Kagi a spin.

Took a while to commit but a big selling point was being able to bring my very non-technical wife along for the ride.