Honestly I see no use for the ai response in search as it is hard to trust 100% but I do see that it could become a requirement for a search engine

Tasks.org, synced to nextcloud using webdav

Proton VPN is good and has a good free plan, but os doesn’t matter when choosing a VPN

Probably every comment but install linux

Could set up a nextcloud instance, but might be a bit overkill for your use case as it is a full Google workspace replacement

Antennapod is good

Also using Niagara launcher Wallpaper is my own picture, icon pack is articons

Not worth hurting inde Devs tbh, If you want deals outside of steam sales then try isthereanydeal

I would recommend proton drive as a great replacement if you want something that doesn’t need a server

The closest is nextcloud collectives, tables, tasks and deck

I personally like Nextcloud notes for quick notes and nextcloud collectives for detailed stuff e.g revision. With nextcloud tables and deck it makes a great notion replacement