I'd say kbin.run is the flagship instance (yes it's an mbin instance although it has kbin in the name), I think it's run by one of the mbin developers
Reopening closed tabs should be the same, Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + T
Windows 11 market share has been going down, while Linux market share has been going up by a few percent. I doubt that people are going back to an older OS. But even if that's the case: These Windows 10 users will eventually have to find some other OS, as Win 10 won't get security updates after 2025. Sure, not all of them will switch to Linux, but I'm sure that a notable portion of them will.
Oh yes, because proprietary software created by greedy, user-hostile, profit-extracting Big Tech corporations can always be trusted. Microsoft would never steal people's data without telling them about it.
It's not the "AI nightmare", it's a nightmare of capitalism, proprietary software and user-hostile behavior by a greedy, profit-extracting Big Tech corporation.
There's not that much that you have to do. Just take the code, put a FOSS license (e.g. AGPLv3 or BSD 3-clause) on it and publish it.
That does actually look interesting and might revolutionize parts of the Fediverse, ngl. Is it open-source?
What shortcuts are different? Basically most of web browser shortcuts are universal, e.g. Ctrl/Cmd + L to focus on the URL bar, F5 or Ctrl + R to reload, Alt + Left/Right arrow to go back/forward, Ctrl + D to bookmark, Ctrl + T to open a new tab, Ctrl + W to close a tab, etc. I've been using these for decades across different browsers, god damn they even work in Apple's Safari
You don't have to use Google services. They are fully optional, and not installed by default. AOSP/GrapheneOS without Google services is very usable, there are only very few things you can't do without proprietary services. You still have the option to create a separate user profile (which are also improved by GrapheneOS btw) to install Google Play services, and keep it isolated from the rest of your apps and data.
How would you pirate macOS? It's free (as in beer)
I highly recommend the Lemmy Universal Link Switcher user script, installed through Violentmonkey. It makes everything so much easier and more enjoyable. It basically rewrites every Lemmy link to a link that's specific to your home instance. I.e. it allows you to click any Lemmy link, and it will open up on your home instance. This also means that you can just go to some other instance, explore the communities and easily open them on your home instance to subscribe to them. It also works with posts, e.g. if you see a post that you want to comment on, it will redirect you to the same post but on your instance, so you can use your account and interact with it.
Btw lemmyverse.net also has an option to set a home instance, making it easier to subscribe to communities: