I shared some sources in the past overlapping with your recommendations.
One important change is that chatgpt also lets you use 3.5 without an account. So, you can use chatgpt 3.5, perplexity, and hugging chat without account if you cannot use local models for any reason.
Edit: @xe3 sometimes, I use perplexity in focus mode (Reddit) to learn about what others wrote the privacy and security aspect of a specific software or alternatives in that category. I found it very helpful and quick.
So, there might be many use cases in daily lives depending on the individual needs.