Too bad the applications were written on COBOL while I was in high school (Some sarcasm). Even to enter my time I have to use the old school IE browser because Edge can’t render the site properly and it has to be virtualized because windows 10 can’t launch it correctly once something works corporations are slow to change we’d have to get new apps made tested and then internally reviewed then issue new devices and see pushback from older employees who always sabotage new device and software launches. There’s a woman still working on a Windows 98 machine that has to be air-gapped and manually brought emails and files by hand because she threatens to quite if she is forced to update (She does have an obscure PHD and makes the company tons of money with her analysis work so they appease her)

They definitely don’t I work with 21 years olds fresh out of college that have no idea how to navigate file systems they are fine on iPads or phones but clueless on an actual computer.

Copy and paste is restricted to keyboard commands last time I tried plus if I’m managing an IT department I want near certainty that O365 or GSUITE will work with every update and patch Chrome and Edge basically guarantee that while Firefox’s development team lack the ability to see future changes to the software and have less motivation to do so as it’s not their product.

In your case a VPN makes more sense when you can’t really control the router. I like Cloudflares 1.1.1.1 Warp VPN it masks my IP and speeds up my connection. If you want to torrent or other questionable things something like Mullvad, Proton or IVPN is a better choice.

73% do not own cars I’m betting there’s an age difference that comes into play between those who do and don’t. The 50s and 60s car propaganda went hard.

It’s not a dealbreaker for me but I try to push everyone I can to Signal anyway more secure and private than iMessage.

You were there in 08 too? I remember a bunch of senators crash landing in a snowstorm didn’t get to participate though.

Only compare yourself to yourself if you’re doing better than you were a month ago, year or even decade you’re going the right way. Everyone has skeletons in their closet to you rarely get to see medical issues, spouse cheating, debt up to their eyeballs all this can be hidden for a long time.