Depends on who you follow, specially on YouTube. There are lots of small channels that just make videos about how they feel and how to improve yourself, for example.

I subscribe to all of those small channels with an interest that i share. Then youtube feels like when it started. Just ordinary people talking and not acting in front of camera.

I dont care. Whatever it is, I wont be focusing on it. Being pulled into that drama is pointless.

The waste profit is unreal.

Yeah. If I needed collaboration, I would just whitelist their ips or require everyone involved to use Wireguard vpn, Tailscale or other solutions that allows access without being publically exposed.

People have open registration on those things… Thats… Brave…

I have my own gitea instance in my homelab but of course its not accessable from the internet.

Im more surprised people eat at mcdonalds than hearing about leaving their food. :)

https://www.mashed.com/100812/gross-things-know-mcdonalds/

Many platforms have actually went away and no longer exists. Its normal. :)

404 probably. There will be better tech in 10 years.

I think people who self host are the only ones who knows they services wont just disappear, their accounts wont get locked and their data wont be shared with big tech.

Others can wake up one day and not have access to their stuff anymore, and have nothing they can do about it.

How mad is it to just rent access to your movies, or documents, and it can go away at any moment?

Its not excuses. I dont have anything to excuse myself for. For driving a car? Thats funny. :)

I just wanted to give you the reasons most people choose to drive a car.

You are 30-something and you feel over the hill… Ok…

Your joints should be optimal at that age so I have no idea whats going on. Are you American eating fast food a lot? I dont know otherwise what can cause that…

It has tons of buses and trains, but without a vehicle, I cant carry any stuff. I cant shop for a full week with 4 big bags of food and then carry that on the train or the bus.

I cant buy 10 liters of paint and carry it on the bus or train and walk home with it. In theory i could, but its a horrible experience.

I think living without a car works if you are living in a apartment in the city and you shop at the same nearby food shop every day. But you have no options.

Even buying something at Ikea would require a lot of planning. To get there with some bus, to pay for transport home, to be home when they come etc etc.

These are just examples but they add up. Life with a car is freedom.

Yeah because it lets me take care of things for the household. Go shop for food, get stuff for renovating house, go to work and home on my own…

I used to just take the bus everywhere but I didnt get anything done. I bought food in the same small overpriced food shop near my apartment, I didnt renovate anything since it was hard to get all the materials home, and I was crowding with others every day at public transport, often waiting for late buses or freezing.

The car has been a massive life upgrade. If you are reading this as someone who lives in an apartment and are happy with that kind of life, thats great. For me it would be a nightmare.

Yeah I understand the value of that. We can see it also in consumer electronics, or any consumer product really, how its designed to break right after warranty.

Its fun to hear from these companies how they care about the environment while at the same time producing endless things that will end up in the trash in just a few years.

I work alone building stuff, because I like doing it my way without compromises.

If you work with others, the result is influenced by wanting to make everybody happy, so it becomes a mix of good and bad decisions, and average quality software.

Lol. :)

Ok mate, have a good day…

I can see your point but almost no people are going to prefer going shopping on a bike (or kayak).

Its nice that you live like that. Sounds very cool, but cars are there for a reason… :) People need to actually get their stuff done quickly and conveniently.

Sure, all the downsides you mentioned are there, but lets not be blind to the enormous upsides that you can literally go anywhere without effort or being exposed to the weather.

I doubt anyone will pay half the price of a 4 year old model if its 18 years old…!

A lot of things break on cars that old, so any buyer has to be a bit stupid to pay that price…

I buy one maybe a few times per year. Its also a very good gift to someone. You get a bit of excitement together and there is always that tiny chance of winning.

For me the car meant i felt like a grown up with tons of freedom. I can go anywhere, see anything.

I used to feel like you until i got one. But now, no way im ever living without one again. Its a life upgrade you cant go back from.