It’s not “because I don’t like hearing about bad things” but rather “I am focusing on what I can control instead of what I cannot control”.

It’s a strategic move to maximize the good you can do for yourself and your immediate environment instead of dwelling on all the bad things happening to each one of the 8 billion people

There’s tons of alternatives out there now that are as good or better.

Do you mean LLM’s or other means to get factual info?

It seems to me that LLM’s are not a very good way to get factual information due to limitations of the technology (models try to write as plausible text as possible, not as factually correct as possible) Yet using search engines is a pain due to how many ChatGPT-generated SEO optimized websites are there, which are written not by experts in their fields, but random copywriters. I really have no idea where to get truth about anything at this point.

Genius mastermind shadow president plan:

1. Buy company A for shit ton of money
2. Ruin company A so it is worth 80% less
3. Still have shit ton of money
4. Repeat with company B

Graphene OS - best privacy and security, only for Google Pixel phones

Calyx OS - less secure but supports cheaper phones (Motorola) and eco-friendly phones (Fairphone)

Honorable mentions are LineageOS, /e/ OS, Replicant and iode OS, however their security is much worse than of Calyx/Graphene (no verified boot), so use at your own risk

Yes, they exist, but there is no reason to use them other than tinkering around. Also they have much worse security than Android or iOS. So if you need something private and open source there are a plenty of degoogled Android ROMs.