The idea of federating communities does sound like a good idea. Now that I think of it I’m surprised that isn’t already a thing.

I read you can delete any stock apps like Phone and SMS Messaging by connecting your phone to a computer and using ADB (does not require root). I haven’t tried it but you can search online about using ADB.

GrapheneOS. I love it. I migrated from the Apple ecosystem about two years ago into the FOSS and Linux world and haven’t looked back.

Oh this is interesting. I may look into this.

I loved StumbleUpon. But I do like the forum style discussions from Reddit and now Lemmy.