In terms of the privacy and corporate interests concerns, at least, it seems like a lot of this article consists of systemd hate. So use a non systemd Linux dis

In terms of the privacy and corporate interests concerns, at least, it seems like a lot of this article consists of systemd hate. So use a non systemd Linux distro. Simple! https://nosystemd.org/ https://nosystemd.org/ can help you choose one. (I know, pretty much all the major distros have fallen like dominoes, but there are still reasonably mainstream choices out there). There's almost no mention of such issues in the Linux kernel itself, except for "the kernel forcing adaption of DRM". I'm not versed in that story, feel free to enlighten me. But from following the link to the kernel.org thread, it seems fairly clear that the feature in question is opt-in, and that the Linux kernel therefore isn't forcing DRM onto anyone.