That’s not how it works. Apps cannot access the traffic of other apps, let alone decrypt it. There is no way DDG Browser does what you claim it does. They do not even claim that themselves.

No worries, passions can get the best of us, and we all get enjoyment from different things :)

I have a Canon AE-1 and a Sony a6400, but I use the latter more for practice, especially of long exposures. Unfortunately, the results of the Sony camera don’t get close to the satisfaction I get from the Canon ones. The analog pictures are way more often wonky or bad or not perfectly focussed… But they still carry more life in them IMO, with or without editing.

Just like you’re having fun with photographing stuff, others have fun with creating stuff to photograph with. Furthermore, a photo doesn’t need to be technically perfect to be good, and different artifacts can create a different feeling in a picture. I have a “perfect” digital camera, as well as an analog one with whacky lenses. For me, the latter is more fun.

I’d suggest getting off your high horse and expanding your horizons.

This is not about pixel peeping the perfect image, this is about creating something, spending time with it, and exploring alternatives. You won’t get that from buying something premade.

That’s Research and Development (R&D) for you.