It's closed source spyware. Why is anyone still using it?

The only time I ever installed Chrome was that brief period when it was the only way to stream Netflix on Linux.

I virtually never get spam calls (maybe 2 in the last decade), but it sure is annoying when I'm trying to call someone with the same policy you have.
If I need to call them from work, I don't have any way to send them a text.
If I'm trying to call someone personally, it's obviously because I need an answer now, not when they get around to looking at their texts.

Isaac Asimov explained it this way:

I've been daily driving FreeBSD on my laptop since 2019. I'm posting from it right now. They've really improved wifi support in the last couple of releases.
I haven't needed much proprietary software support in a long time. I do run Google Earth, using the Linuxulator.

Why would the proprietary stuff be the interesting part? What's needed to make the TV work (so you can do it yourself instead of using their crap) is part of the kernel, and therefore GPL.
This is why there are so many custom Android firmwares.

Yesterday I told my daughter, "I just hooked up that old laptop to the TV". She said, "Does that mean we can watch Netflix without ads?" When I said yes, she just about screamed.
It means using a trackpad while standing up instead of a remote from the couch, but it's definitely worth it to her.

Would it surprise you to learn that most Americans agree with you?

Private property, owned by a corporation that sells an advertising service.
Your confusion is extremely odd.

Creators of derivative works don't need the right to use the original name, just the code.

This case is not about cell tower data. They tracked this defendant through Google.

I walk around with a cell phone, but I'm not careless enough to let it tell Google where I am.

They didn't update the format; just the Windows tool that had the limit--which was never part of the format.

Wish I had modpoints. I never created a FAT32 partition in Windows, so I never ran into this limitation.
The headline is so misleading it's basically a lie.

I have no idea why it was better then, but It was.

Waze is a navigation app. Making speeding harder doesn't affect its utility for that.
When my family went to Costa Rica in 2024, Waze had much better road information than Google Maps.
I had an uncle I never met because he was kiled by a speeder. I've never been sympathetic to people who want to get away with driving fast.