Private companies also seek to maximize profits…

There is Batsh, a simple language with c-style syntax that compiles to bash and batch.

I use Dynalist. It’s an outliner, not strictly a to-do app but functions well enough as one. Also useful for notes, brainstorming, project management, or anything where you want text in a tree structure.

No opinion on AdGuard, but there are several options for ad blocking DoH:

• https://ahadns.com/
• https://blahdns.com/
• https://controld.com/free-dns
• https://libredns.gr/
• https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls/
• https://rethinkdns.com/

there is a slight trade-off in privacy, as Chrome and Gmail will share URLs with Google to check if they are malicious and temporarily associate this information with your signed-in Google account.

Yeah just a slight trade-off of sending Google every URL you visit.