I work in the automotive sector. Most OEMs are only getting more aggressive and invasive with respect to your privacy, and there are regular discussions about how to monetize your data. I’ve been in discussions where people proposed to analyze your driving style to track you better, and integrate that with targeted ads in your vehicle.

Also, full-autonomous (level 5) is still a long way off from general use on (non-modified) public roads. Most of what you see on the road today that advertises being “fully autonomous driving” is monitored and controlled by underpaid workers.

That’s a cool looking handheld, but… that button naming is cursed. Who puts A and B across from each other?!

Give 'em the test

Not as far as I’m aware. The Linux community is largely cooperative, the idea is that everyone can choose the DE they like best. I don’t remember seeing anything about Cinnamon trying to bring back an older GNOME version - you might be thinking of MATE (though I’m not aware of ANY friction there either) considering MATE is a fork of GNOME 2.

I’d recommend Mint. Cinnamon is a great DE, and everything works out of the box. It’s a Debian-family distro, which means it can install DEB packages. Overall a great experience, and my personal favorite.

Mint isn’t well done, it’s full on congratulations