My Controversial Tech Picks:

Mint over Ubuntu
LibreWolf over Brave
MPV over VLC
AnonAddy over SimpleLogin
Session over Telegram/Briar
MetaGer over Duckduckgo
SimpleX over Signal
Gossip over Iris
onlyOffice over LibreWriter
KeePassXC over all mobile 2FA
XMPP over Matrix
Monocles over Conversations
AntennaPod over iTunes
Trocador over exchanges with accounts
Feather over official GUI
Farside over LibRedirect
scp command over NextCloud
KVM Virtmanager over Oracle VirtualBox
And of course, Nostr over Mastodon

Add on to my list with your picks in the comments!
(Or dispute/ask why I made a choice)