Most of the items on that list (with the possible exception of the 'Enterprise Apps') are items that involve them either hosting an aspect for you (push notifications), training, or utilizing their OAuth credentials with Microsoft. Because they forked OwnCloud they're actually bound by the AGPL on that original code and legally can't license features in the main codebase as anything other than AGPL (less sure on those 'apps'), so they're limited in what features they can restrict to paying customers.
This is a good summary, but the Tl;DR is that Owncloud has a non-open source Enterprise version with extra features you need to pay for, while Nextcloud is a fully open source fork.
What name do you assign the DB for PostgreSQL in Docker and does it by chance happen to match the name of any other containers, possibly in other docker compose files?
I'm only mentioning it because I experienced weird inconsistent issues with a service I was running where it was sometimes having trouble connecting to its DB companion and I eventually realized that it was sometimes connecting to the other container. I was also finding that turning it off and on again was often 'fixing' the issue, at least for a while. Might be worth checking out. I'd also consider viewing the logs for Nextcloud (docker logs -f ) when you're unable to login and see if there are any errors. Frankly I've never had these specific issues with Nextcloud, and given that it's based on PHP (it only 'executes' on an HTTP request), it seems like restarting shouldn't help unless it's something else.
I think it's up to the attestor. So in theory it could check anything from what you described (most likely) to requiring that all users have a background image of Ronald McDonald (less likely).
Your shoes last a full year? I wear through the soles so fast I need to replace them about every 3 months (I find no difference in expensive or cheap shoes for this problem so I just buy the cheapest ones I can get).
Arch is very DIY and has very few defaults setup for the user - you're essentially building the OS to be exactly how you like it, as opposed to other distros where it's functional right away and you customize on top of that. I.e. when you boot off of an ISO for Arch you just get a terminal and have to install from there, choosing basically every package you're going to want from fonts, desktop environments, login screens, etc. I like it quite a bit because it really forced me to learn how my system works and to fix issues myself. To get a feel for what I'm talking about take a look at the Installation Guide.
The second thing about Arch is that they try to update packages ASAP from upstream; this is in contrast to other distros that might keep a certain version older for 'stability' reasons. IMHO I find other distros frustrating when I encounter a bug that I discover was already fixed a year ago upstream and won't be available in the distro until the next release - I think that does more to harm the user than keeping everything, including bugs, constant.
If you're going to play with Arch I suggest you try it in a VM first and see if you can get it functional before you mess with your main system.
I believe that if someone sets up a recurring donation on LiberaPay it encourages them to basically merge together payments to cut down on processing fees (so instead of $5 per month, maybe $20 per 4 months). Are the amounts listed adjusted to be actually monthly, or is some of it for future months that just arrived early in which case we should expect a drop-off next month?
FYI if anyone is getting 403 errors on some of the files try requesting another download link. My first link didn't work for most of the files but the second one seems to be working without issue.
Worth noting that's only if you include gas prices which aren't really controlled by anything Canada can do. Exclude them and you're still above the target range.
I suppose I can technically answer this. I do use Linux full-time now and have for several years, but prior to that I had a few false starts where I'd switch back to Windows. Usually it was because I'd encounter some technical issue I just didn't know how to fix besides reinstalling the whole OS, or a graphics driver issue. For example, at one point when I had an NVIDIA graphics card only the newest drivers from NVIDIA's website supported it but the 'stable' drivers in Ubuntu's repo didn't, so I had to manually install the drivers. Except then whenever the kernel was updated by Ubuntu (basically every week) my display stopped working and I'd have to switch into a TTY and manually reinstall the drivers.
Now I know how I'd fix that (setup some rule to reinstall the drivers whenever the kernel updates, which I believe is now the default anyway), or use a PPA containing the latest NVIDIA drivers, or use AMD instead - but really any kind of problem that requires the user to both diagnose and fix the issue prevents non-technical people from adopting it.
Ever clicked on a link and noticed that the URL ended in something like ?campaign=twitter or something? Advertisers regularly track which advertising campaign got a user to click on a link, and they'll also track what proportion of those users eventually lead to a sale. If Reddit eventually has no users and just bots, advertisers will quickly notice that ad spending on Reddit isn't producing profit and kill it.
Ugh for the longest time the investment firm I use had one product locked away on their app. Thankfully I checked today and I can sign up and use it on the web!
I'll just mention my own experience. I struggled with depression and/or anxiety for basically my entire life from as early as I can remember and I definitely didn't have the kinds of joyful childhood experiences you describe. However now that I'm older and my anxiety is being properly treated (medication) I've definitely had more / stronger feelings of joy with simple experiences. All this is to say that I think it might be a depression thing, not a age thing.
Most of the items on that list (with the possible exception of the 'Enterprise Apps') are items that involve them either hosting an aspect for you (push notifications), training, or utilizing their OAuth credentials with Microsoft. Because they forked OwnCloud they're actually bound by the AGPL on that original code and legally can't license features in the main codebase as anything other than AGPL (less sure on those 'apps'), so they're limited in what features they can restrict to paying customers.