As someone who currently has a large portion of the Internet blocked - NO. You do NOT want that. This has awful implications and is very much a slippery slope. A lot of necessary info and contacts are on Google - is this bad? Yeah, absolutely, but right now losing access to Google would mean losing access to this information. While blocking the addresses of such a big company, you'd inevitably break unexpected parts of the Internet as collateral. If the people want to use the service - a lot out of habit, a lot because there aren't alternatives suitable for them - they would use proxies or VPNs (and in my experience - often opening themselves to risk in the process, because they'd go with a random free VPN from Play Store). It is very possible they'd go after the censorship evasion protocols next.

If you really want bans - maybe banning the companies from buying ads, or using Google's tools for business would be fine. But NOT fragmenting the Web further and strengthening the censorship infrastructure.

What the hell did I just read.

He mentions that "DivestOS and its apps will not receive any further updates", and only mentions continuing non-app projects, so I guess so :(

No. If I had money to spend on media, "affordable legal streaming services" would NOT stop me from pirating. Broad availability of DRMless media purchases would.

A similar argument I hear is "If they want me, they will find and arrest me no matter my precautions".

Kinda yes... But why are you talking about threat models that include someone deliberately hunting you down? We are not high-ranking dissidents or criminals that they would put effort and money into finding. Our concern is passive surveillance - maybe the collected info doing us a disservice (like being leaked for scammers or sold to an evil ex), maybe even something mundane getting flagged and us being arrested just to serve as an example.

I still cannot get over the fact that a browser requires an account to use.

hand-writes a pgp-encrypted message

There should be an encrypted text communication standard that isn’t controlled by one company who can lock you out because you don’t have approved software

XMPP + OMEMO

IRC clients don't have loads of telemetry like Discord does. And IRC is a protocol instead of a platform, so there isn't a single set of servers hosting and logging ALL conversations.

I am opposed to dating apps because they're bad for privacy. Not only are you pretty much encouraged to have a photo of your face online (which is compltely off-limits for me), but to do so in presence of A LOT OF HORNY MEN. No thanks, I would rather pick up a hobby where more socialization occurs naturally.

How would such a ban ever be enforceable?

Gen Z here. Even if I could (somehow) afford an iPhone, I can't imagine buying them because they're just so locked-down... How can you use a phone you can't even access file system on? Hell, even load apps the manufacturer doesn't like? AND sell a kidney for this? Around me, iPhones are a minority but still prevalent, but I am living in a major, pretty wealthy city.