I've always experienced weird annoying bugs, and I much prefer the UX and minimalism of gnome. It's better for productivity. I don't just use my desktop for gaming.
Half a dozen people in here already mentioned it, but Kagi has completely changed the search game and changed the way I use the Internet. It's like an old school search engine with modern conveniences like a chat bot and summarizer, but without the ads and other shenanigans.
People seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding about why Threads is adding ActivityPub support. It's not to destroy the fediverse. The fediverse is not in competition with Threads.
I just saw that. I'll keep looking.