Das Problem betrifft halt auch Transporte von nahezu allen Konsumgütern. Das wird also auch zu steigenden Kosten für alles andere führen (und wenn nicht durch die Ölkosten, dann halt einfach nur so weil sie es können).

Is there no official citizens initiative page from the state or your federal government? Change-org may have lead to some actual changes, but for the most part their campaigns seem to be ignored by the governments.

If you want hardened Firefox with sync you could use Librewolf.

Apple boot lickers have already shown us that if their overlord say that locking down freedom is for security, people will eat it. I think the amount of people installing apks is just a tiny, tiny fraction of Android users. Most people I know just use the play store or don’t even know about apks. My old phone doesn’t get updates anymore so I think I am safe for now, but my next phone will run GrapheneOS on either a Pixel or a Motorola.