They’re both mature software packages with a ton of features. There are two gigantic obligations that a browser & especially web engine have that creative software don’t: massive security exposure and constantly changing web standards. Both create development burdens that are both non-trivial and time-sensitive. Many FOSS projects update at their own pace, which is simply not an option for a modern, feature-complete web engine.

You are severely underestimating the development burden of a modern web engine.

You must have changed an option, by default the page shows up every time you open a new tab. (Though you can disable the ads on it)

You can disable them, but also I’m pretty sure the default behavior is just to fill extra space if you have less than 8 pinned shortcuts. Your single shortcut is why there are so many ads.

Yes. I’m pretty sure you can disable sponsored suggestions in the options, or you can also just delete the individual sponsored options. I’ve not seen one of these in the last 4 years.

To be fair “terrorism” is always a euphemism for “enemies of the state”. The vast majority of actual terrorism on civilian populations in the last century has been perpetrated by state actors, and the majority of that by the US.

Because the entire US political spectrum fits nearly inside of “neoliberalism”. Liberalism in general is just capitalism+.

They use male pronouns and refer to one by a male name, do you know what names they prefer?

Is it non-trivial to enable non-free repos?

You are agreeing with the person you replied to lol

Having been in this position, sure, but I’ve also had to end relationships because the person transitioned in a direction I wasn’t attracted to. Communicating honestly and openly is the key, as it is for pretty much everything about interpersonal relationships.