The fact that the sites are often Russian probably explains that.

Any of the Onyx Boox devices. They all have Gooogle Play.

Way better than a kindle would be whatever size Onyx Boox tablet that works for you. E-ink has come a,long way.

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn is fiction but you’re right about it being eye opening, If you’re interested in exploring similar concepts but in non-fiction I would recommend:

Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan

The Culture of Make Believe by Derrick Jensen

A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright

Well for someone like myself that is low volume Astraweb is great because they offer the option of buying GBs instead of monthly fees.

I use Astraweb because I can buy 1000GB at a time that doesn’t expire so I avoid the monthly fees. Works well for me as I don’t do a high volume and it removes any feeling of pressure to use it more than I need.

https://archive.md/ gets around way more paywalls. Highly recommend it.

watchreplay.net works for NBA. Haven’t ever found a site that works for other sports.

I think you’re pretty unlikely to find anything else. I doubt it’s worth the effort for sites given people want their sport live.

I’m into tennis and I’ve had to subscribe in order to watch replays outside my timezone.

I guess the next step is targeting preschoolers with self help.

https://archive.org/details/WhereThereIsNoDoctor-English-DavidWerner

The site says the VODs are movies. I wouldn’t sign up.

Importing is your best bet.

This is my dream but I doubt it’ll ever materialize.

Check out InnerTune on f-droid. You’ll find it’s even better than Newpipe for music.

Absolute rubbish. People believing that their vote will bring change ensures climate disaster. The system is rigged and if you agree to participate in the system you are part of the problem. Thinking voting can have any meaningful impact highlights that you are unaware of how serious the situation is.

I remember this also as I was contemplating my encryption options at the time. Pretty certain the individual was French. But for the life of me I can’t find anything anywhere. Makes me wonder.

If you want Brave without the crypto crap then spend a minute or two and turn it all off in settings. You’ll never see it again.

Holy Holy’s cover of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3-yr9xKTcjg

All you need to do is change your DNS servers. It costs you nothing.

Google it. Or simply use NEXTDNS.

Yes, all they need to do is change their DNS servers. Zero cost.