You have to consider that your tone is important when trying to make a point.
It doesn't help to call someone out in a way that's callous and without any consideration toward how they may feel about being called out. All it does is elicit a strong emotional reaction which often results in them doubling down and being defensive of their behavior.
If you call someone out gently, and they're not willing to listen, then you can ratchet it up a little depending on the severity of the behavior... until you reach a point where it's clear that you're not going to get anywhere.
So yeah, again, it's toxic behavior to alienate a subset of Linux users when the community is already very fragmented. But your comment wasn't just saying the behavior was shitty, it was also implying that the people who engage it in are shitty people. I understand that's (hopefully) not what you meant, but humans tend to think that behavior==identity and it takes effort to override that. Naturally, when the quality of one's person is in question, they're going to be quite defensive.
As a counterpoint to all of the people saying that you're overreacting:
They're right.
However, I think the sentiment of your comment is valid and correct. Memes like this do ultimately serve to alienate newer Linux users.
I think people are mostly responding to the way that your comment is worded, which conveys a much stronger reaction than is necessary for something that ultimately doesn't cause very much harm.
I would love to not let the nazis dictate how the swastika is used, but their perversion of the original meaning has permanently altered how it's seen by the rest of the world. Claiming the moral high ground by trying to force something to mean what it no longer does is a pointless exercise.
I went into Applebee's the other day and saw a quesadilla burger on the menu... I didn't get it because I didn't want a burger, but it did look really good.
As long as it's cooked properly, I prefer white meat for most applications specifically because it has less flavor and fat than dark meat, making it more versatile. I also just don't like a lot of strong flavors and prefer relatively bland food. 🤷
I can at times; particularly when stressed. It used to be a nearly constant thing, but that's since improved with stress management, therapy, and diet changes. Seriously, people underestimate how strongly stress and anxiety can affect you physically.
As a US citizen, I sometimes realize how lucky I am to be living here, even with the political climate. I acknowledge that I have less agency than many that are wealthier than I am, but I'm still better off than many who live in other areas or don't have the support system that I do. Particularly when considering people of similar status in other countries.
It does feel somewhat precarious, because it seems like the agency that I do have could largely disappear in short notice at the whim of the government or economy... but I'm trying to enjoy it while I can, and live life to the best of my ability without fretting too much.
Personally, I'd hate to have anywhere near the agency of the "top 100" people, because I don't want the kind of responsibilities that come with that. I'm fine with my meager existence as a tradesperson, keeping to myself and my community.
Torrenting can be faster than normal downloads. A file server with a fast connection that's not overloaded can easily be faster than a P2P download that doesn't have very many peers, or the peers all have slow connections. There's no fixed percentage speed boost that you get, because sometimes you don't.
That said, for things like Linux ISOs or archives of stuff that people just keep seeding forever but aren't hosted on fast file servers (if at all), it's great and typically the bottleneck is your own connection.
There's a place my town that also accepts DoorDash orders and only takes cash inside, but it's a taqueria. I haven't asked why, but the food is pretty good.
While I don't have much experience with Plex, I can say that it's really not hard to set up Jellyfin for streaming across the internet.
I'm running a docker container using the linuxserver.io image and all I had to do was forward the HTTP/S ports. I will grant that when a third party has to make an easy-to-use container for a service, there's a problem to address... but if I remember correctly, Jellyfin is easier to set up on bare metal where it can use uPnP.
Jellyfin Is completely open source, fully self-hosted, and free. With Plex the software still has to phone home to a central server for authentication and some features are locked behind a paywall.
No streaming software is going to find movies for you (without paying for content they've licensed) because that would be a sure fire way to get the project taken down for copyright violation.
You have to consider that your tone is important when trying to make a point.
It doesn't help to call someone out in a way that's callous and without any consideration toward how they may feel about being called out. All it does is elicit a strong emotional reaction which often results in them doubling down and being defensive of their behavior.
If you call someone out gently, and they're not willing to listen, then you can ratchet it up a little depending on the severity of the behavior... until you reach a point where it's clear that you're not going to get anywhere.
So yeah, again, it's toxic behavior to alienate a subset of Linux users when the community is already very fragmented. But your comment wasn't just saying the behavior was shitty, it was also implying that the people who engage it in are shitty people. I understand that's (hopefully) not what you meant, but humans tend to think that behavior==identity and it takes effort to override that. Naturally, when the quality of one's person is in question, they're going to be quite defensive.