...what's hard to understand about people donating to those who make content they enjoy or tools they use? It's not that complicated. Not every Youtuber is Mr. Beast.
Jellyfin is great, but if you refuse to let yourself understand that Plex's ease of setup for remote access is a point in its favour - especially when sharing with non-tech savvy people - then you're just as bad as the supposed "Plex shills".
Plex is well on the enshittification train, and I've always been a bit concerned about how private it may or may not be, but there's absolutely no way I'd have been able to share a Jellyfin instance with my grandfather, especially as his dementia got worse.
I tend to avoid subscriptions where I can, so the only time I've ever used Patreon was to access Dankpods' After Show (back when it was exclusive for patrons).
I really should give myself $200 or so to dole out between my favourite creators and open-source projects.
I don't know whether it's me or my hardware, but display managers seem to absolutely hate me. I've tried quite a few, and I've always encountered some sort of issue within a few days. Even on distros that install and set them up automatically for me.
Since I'm the only user of my computers, I've set mine up to log me in and startx (well, now the Wayland equivalent) automatically, bypassing DMs altogether. If I decide to experiment with other window managers/desktop environments, I just change the line in my bashrc.
I've used Linux on my PC for about 7 years, now, and I've only found two or three games I had to go back to Windows for (though I don't play very many multiplayer titles, so YMMV). For whatever reason, though, I can almost never get the Steam Deck controls to work with my GOG games. GOG really need to step up - there's a MacOS version of GOG Galaxy, after all.
I think it's a pretty apt analogy. A game boy cartridge is repairable if you know what you're doing and have the replacement parts. Not to mention that older bikes aren't necessarily going to be able to use more modern parts.
Maybe it depends what games you want to play. Fallout NV is the only GOG game I've got working with no hitches through Heroic. Every other GOG game I've tried to get running either doesn't run at all, or the controls don't work.
One issue is that, unless you (can) back them up yourself, digital goods can be changed. If I bought The Twits on Kindle, it literally wouldn't be the same book that I read as a child because they decided that words like "ugly" are too much for children. Even if I bought it before they censored it - it would be "updated".
This argument applies to almost anything that's possible to own, though. What happens when your bike degrades to the point that it's not usable as a bike anymore?
I agree. While Family Sharing may be an option, it really shouldn't be necessary. Why shouldn't "I" (whether it's my dad playing Cities: Skylines, or actually me playing a round of Balatro on the Deck while waiting for a DotA queue to pop) be able to play two different games that I paid for at the same time without having to jump through any hoops? Before I knew about Family Sharing, I accidentally kicked my dad off Cities: Skylines far too many times simply by waking up my Deck.
Funnily enough, now Family Sharing largely isn't necessary because I started buying a bunch of my games on GOG which means I rarely use my Steam Deck because of how difficult most GOG games are to get running.
For those who haven't studied relativity, this thought experiment is great at showing the "Relativity of Simultaneity".
The only way the doors can shut from the pole vaulter's reference frame is if they close at different times. The exit door opens and shuts first, before the tip of the pole has gone beyond it (otherwise it would hit the door, obviously), and then later, only once the back end of the pole has cleared the entrance door, does it close.
...what's hard to understand about people donating to those who make content they enjoy or tools they use? It's not that complicated. Not every Youtuber is Mr. Beast.