Well, that really makes a difference!

Is it read only?

enable telemetry by default … MAC addresses, disk serial numbers

Another reason to not use Manjaro. Just use Endeavour instead.

Edit: I’m not against telemetry pre se. I have the KDE feedback enabled for example but that was opt in and sends no unique data.

I hesitate to say

Pro: you have a custom kernel.

Con: the next morning, you can have a non-functioning computer with no idea of what you did.

Recompile your kernel whilst drunk

KDE Plasma because it’s the one I like. If it disappeared tomorrow, I’d use Xfce.

Can’t comment on Gnome as I don’t use it, but that hasn’t been my experience with KDE. Previously running Tumbleweed and now running EndeavourOS

Language evolves

Weren’t they called videocasts at one point?