I just heard in a podcast, they talked about how powerful our devices are today but do not feel faster than they did 15 years ago and that it's because of what you write here.

I have a 2020 Intel Mac (quad core, 16gb RAM) and it feels as slow as the Packard Bell from 2000 when I was a kid. The launchpad takes 1-2 seconds to show a bunch of icons. Absolutely insane!

A lot of that is on the OS vendors (and security requirements drive some inefficiencies that didn't used to be needed either).

Which free models do you recommend?

A lot of very good suggestions already. I found meetups are also really good for finding people with similar interests to hang out with and another upside is usually you can also learn something new from meetups.

There is an election in Denmark today, I wonder if this will affect that. The governments website is not accessible at the moment because it uses Cloudflare.

My tinfoil hat has me wondering if it's just coincidence.