Do encrypted services actually offer a meaningful privacy boost?

Hey everyone, just wanted to share my plan for moving over to a more private setup. Thanks for all the great info!

Since I basically live in the terminal anyway, I’ll jump to Fedora. My browser setup will stay lean Firefox ESR + uBlock Origin (with my usual custom filter sauce).

For the network side:

• Mullvad will be my daily driver.

• Quad9 for the DNS fallback when the VPN isn’t active.

• Sticking with my current email workflow since I’m already using AES-256 for anything I upload.

I’ll put GrapheneOS on my Pixel. Plan to use the Aurora Store to grab Tidal, which seems like a pretty painless transition.

Let me know if I’m missing any low-hanging fruit, but I’m stoked to finally get this sorted!