Bullshit. People avoid politics and have loud opinions all the time. I understand your burden, the state of the world is depressing af, but to claim that the ignorant keep their opinions to themselves is absurd.

To clarify though, the news isn’t really politics. The news is theatre.

I agree that people can live their reality how they want but it also has to be remembered that everything is political so if you avoid politics it’s hard to complain when things aren’t going your way. Particularly if you live in a democratic system.

This video by the UK’s Electoral Commission always sticks in my mind about politics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ame0j8jbMY4

A good minimalist text based launcher that’s open source is Olauncher. Maybe not what you’re after (comparing it to Smart Launcher) but thought I’d suggest it just in case.

And yet, it’s still the right answer

There was an update a while ago that lets you turn it off if you want. I’ve almost forgotten it’s sound. Almost.