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.

It’s not implemented yet, but tubearchivist https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist has a podcast mode on their roadmap which I’ve been keeping an eye on.

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

Ditch the Roku and get another Shield or other Android TV device.

Filebot, I like and use the app but it shouldn’t be a subscription. You can buy a lifetime license for $48 but it’s too expensive for what it is.

Louis Rossman is also on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a

First off I’d recommend investing in Real-Debrid, it’s a service that caches torrents for streaming and costs about $3 per month. It’s required for most of these apps, or at least highly recommended.

Streamio + Torrentio has already been mentioned, Syncler is really good and easy to use, many extra features with Syncler+ but it’s not required.

Kodi with addons works really well, but requires some tinkering to get started and basic maintenance / troubleshooting if something goes wrong. Check out old.reddit.com/r/addons4kodi some good addons are Fen, Seren and Umbrella but there are many others, Otaku is good for anime.

BuyVM has some reasonably priced servers available.

That’s why I’ll probably drive older cars the rest of my life.

Odysee / LBRY is another decentralized Youtube alternative.