I've been using Thunder. It's honestly been pretty good.

I also keep Voyager as a backup in case Thunder ever disappears. It also comes as a PWA if that's your thing.

We can only hope. A healthy wariness of authority is never a bad thing.

This is the correct answer. The massgravel github also has a link to a page with official ISOs.

Personally, as a noob myself, I enjoy reading about others' experiece when they switch. No idea why. Just fun to read usually.

Yes it's proprietary and depends on a lot of Google services. Usually if you want it on a custom ROM, you need to use the full GApps packages. No Android Auto on smaller GApps packages.

Because someone decided to do it.

You don't always need a good reason other than it might be cool/fun. Sometimes it's just because you can.

You're not forced to use it, so if it's not your cup of tea, that's fine.

Kids will be kids. Good parenting makes a big difference but kids will end up seeing and seeking these things at some point.

XL Turbotastic Mega Ginormous, etc. Hate naming schemes like this. Why not just make it v2.0 or the Pro version instead? Why use multiple words that make it sound bigger and better? Marketing BS that just sounds dumb.

More like 300. Many of these sites will be copied multiple times.

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

Linux Mint is amazing if you want Ubuntu with less bad choices.

Not if you automate it with a good script and run it on a few machines at a time.