This is true of literally everything with a modem in it. Tracking via tower triangulation has been around for 20 years or longer. Also the entirety of your browsing history is tracked and logged by your ISP and also given to three letters agencies. And companies like Google give basically unrestricted access to all your data. Nothing is private anymore.
It is every page you visit. Any time you make an HTTP request it's logged.
VPN might do a little but browser fingerprinting is virtually impossible to negate unless you're using Tor on TailOS, and Google/CloudFlare will still know exactly who you are through a VPN, and so therefore so will government agencies.
What channels do you use on wifi? If you you use DFS channels on 5GHz it could be a radar issue that forces your router to switch channels. I have it as well, but it happens at night so I'm not terribly concerned about it (my router sends me notification thats how I know).
There will be always something better next year. The general advice I give is - wait as long as you can before you buy and then buy the best version you can afford.
Not all annual improvements are equal. The current M1 laptops have some real disadvantages- old industrial design, only two Thunderbolt ports, limited RAM, and limited software support for many apps. There are real compromises to switching to an M1 device as your main machine right now (unless you also have a separate x86 device).
MacBooks are due for a new industrial design, so it makes sense to wait. If you absolutely need a new computer, that's a tricky place to be right now.
I also find CookieAutoDelete invaluable, particularly in combination with "I don't care about cookies" extension which removes almost all of the cookie warning dialogs which you would get otherwise. Web is usable again :)
It is the opposite, LiIon/LiPo batteries are inherently dangerous and can cause chemical fire for various reasons (overcharging, undercharging, puncture, high temperature, etc.). These things are monitored/controlled in any modern application in normal usage, but in a crash you have to remember that you are literally few inches away from a massive stored up potential chemical energy. The fire burns very hot, the smoke is toxic and assuming somebody gets to you in time, it can only be extinguished reliably using special dry powder fire extinguishers (Class D)...
It will be a paid upgrade. I'm sure we can work out how to migrate our customers who have bought FoldingText recently, but, honestly, we still have to figure out these aspects. Right now, we're heads-down on getting the beta out :).
Also, while FT is in beta it will have a significant discount.
Google Inbox web app is laggy af in Chrome for me, honestly. I use it for work. I'm on Firefox Nightly and it's super fast everywhere except for the Google Web Apps (which aren't butter smooth on any browser, even Chrome).
That's funny because gmail on Quantum was actually the final straw for me. I was liking what I was seeing trying Quantum out and then I loaded up gmail and boom it worked and looked better than gmail on Chrome and I was sold.
