The variant on the Playstore is just a “paper weight” without internet connection.

PASS

There are tons of meditation timers on F-Droid, and the app SoundAura is great if you want to have different background noises

Lol F-Droid never archives abandonware.

Like of course they do, but only if it is multiple years outdated

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Yes absolutely. Ironfox is the continuation it seems.

I guess rethinking the browser metaphor could help.

Like who tells you that ads couldnt just be displayed on an invisible popup window? Or a second screen?

Those sites generally detect if you dont load certain content. So I guess cosmetic filtering (downloading but not displaying) could already help

Not using Windows helps a ton :)