Sorry for the late reply but yes, this works on Lineage, one of the reasons I'm using it!
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SEO isn't something google invented, it was just a result of their actions.
A lot oft ROMs allow you go completely disable Internet access for a certain app. Disabling the data collection toggles in GBoard and disabling internet access for GBoard, Play Services, Play Store and the Google App should prevent most logging.
Lead engineer was a (really good) engineer at some point. Also lead engineer still needs to understand a lot about programming and the project they're working with
Almost all Linuxes are really private. Because of your ethics and morals, I would probably switch to Debian or Arch, and use Flatpak where possible to prevent apps from spying on one another and reading files from other apps or your system.
Kicksecure, Whonix, Tails, Qubes, ... exist but they're not needed and to much of a hassle for day to day use for most people.
Yes, which is what I use. I don't really like the company and people behind it, and they've did some shady stuff but the other chromium browsers aren't really any better.
Woe, that's... something else
Firefox Sync exists though, and it does the same.
They already have the Framework Chromebook, which should ship with Coreboot.
If your games are on Steam, check ProtonDB.
If not, you're probably out of luck, but check recent Search Engine results. Best to limit results to around last 6 months, otherwise you'll probably get outdated information. Only a few bigger non-steam multiplayer shooters work, I can only think of Overwatch right now.
Somehow they might got a special version of the app. Really really unlikely though, it's probably just A/B testing or false logs.
what kind of prof is that?