Rooting is more security compromising than it's worth. There are a small set of use cases I could see but for the most part do either or below.
If you have a Pixel you would want to run GrapheneOS for maximum security and privacy.
All other phones you would ADB remove bloatware, run PrivateDNS with NextDNS or an alternative, and turn off as much analytics/permission/features as possible for a functional phone.
You don't have to use the full eco system of Nix to be happy with it like flakes and home manager. I still stuff everything in one configuration.nix and it has everything I need. Eventually I'll dive into it but for right now I'm happy.
That's why I stick with RealDebrid because it's pricing is competitive and they are the biggest. More people caching content for me which means it's faster than if it wasn't.
What device are you wanting to play the music on?
Sorry VMs won't work in your situation. Check out Lutris for your games.
DLC Boot has been my all in one repair ISO. Get it from FileCR.
I've only owned a System76 laptop and they are alright. Framework would be my next choice for sure.
Well Mullvad can only offer that because they require you to be on their VPN. How would Kagi enforce their payment plan without an account?
Think you're in the wrong sub for this as recording is done on the application layer of each device unless we are talking about self hosted PBX systems that enforce recording. You looking for an Android or iOS app to do this on your mobile providers phone number or something else?
If you look at my recent post history I gave out my script using rclone to backup my server. It's in NixOS but you can ignore it as it is bash scripting at its core. It has everything you need like using rclone to delete older backups.
Doing so gives you a unique IP so you lose out on a lot of privacy.