If people stopped using G in such high percentage, then they would most likely need to adapt back to a more open internet, instead of trying to wall it off around their services.
Reminds me of jabber.ccc.de that stopped providing new accounts because they felt they were ruining a federated system.
I would recommend Wire ( https://wire.com/en/ ). All mobile and desktop OS and web too. In my experience it's reliable and private and the company behind it is extremely open and supportive of its users.
Agreed. I too think that the bullet journal is a great wat to keep track of todos and goals, both medium and long-term ones.
I do not know about the app though.
Man, windows 10 already does that. In the advanced update options there is a distributing method menu and it is pretty clear they are using our machines to distribute updates to others.
Disclaimer: Haven't checked in a while and can not do it now, but it was there until not long ago.