In the USA there are almost 650 thousands patent applications being filled (of which almost 400 thousands are getting grants) each year. So while technically what you wrote is correct, in practical terms finding an interesting patent is certainly not a trivial task for a journalist.

That’s a serious accusation. Got anything to back it up?

There is https://nebula.tv/ which hosts most of my favorite creators without all the YT crap. I am very happy to pay them.

That’s grossly exaggerated. I live in western Europe and never once used WhatsApp. There are very occasional frictions, like people being surprised I don’t have it. Then when I explain that it’s operated by Facebook, they are also surprised and sometimes are willing to quit themselves.

What’s the irony? It’s the Apple users that the EU is protecting here.

But the polling cited in the post shows that the vast majority of people in UK support secure communication!