Drewski

https://ntfy.sh/

KDE Connect

https://pairdrop.net/

Which ones do you think are bad recommendations?

If you’re on Android, you could check out Newpipe or Grayjay.

The closest thing is LTSC, it still has some telemetry but less than the main version. They haven’t released LTSC for Windows 11 yet though.

https://github.com/digitalblossom/alternative-frontends

That and the bouncing icons when an app is loading… always thought that looked tacky.

They do, it’s called SteamVR and it’s good.