My Controversial Tech Picks:

Mint over Ubuntu

LibreWolf over Brave

MPV over VLC

AnonAddy over SimpleLogin

Session over Telegram/Briar

MetaGer over Duckduckgo

SimpleX over Signal

Gossip over Iris

onlyOffice over LibreWriter

KeePassXC over all mobile 2FA

XMPP over Matrix

Monocles over Conversations

AntennaPod over iTunes

Trocador over exchanges with accounts

Feather over official GUI

Farside over LibRedirect

scp command over NextCloud

KVM Virtmanager over Oracle VirtualBox

And of course, Nostr over Mastodon

Add on to my list with your picks in the comments!

(Or dispute/ask why I made a choice)