I think you’re wildly underestimating the cost of people’s time, resources, infrastructure etc

“You can’t have it both ways” is exactly right. If the internet was user funded, as in, the user subscribes to every website or internet service they wish to use, then the internet would probably stop existing. (maybe I’m being too dramatic but also maybe not)

What’s the true cost of YouTube without ads or data harvesting? Probably only the rich could afford a subscription, which in turn would destroy the platform user base.

Absolutely agree with your comment.

I don’t really know the solution either… I can’t afford to pay for all the things I enjoy online.

I was considering supporting 1 Twitch streamer I enjoy until I saw subscription cost. And if I paid that for every streamer or YouTuber I enjoy, I’d be broke in a single day lol.

I get so much incredibly good info and discussions online about my hobbies, all for no charge.

I used to subscribe on Patreon to my most useful resources/people, but in the end I just could afford it and had to cancel all my Patreon

I hate ads but I don’t understand how the internet would function without ads. No one could afford it

Thanks for your reply.

I’ve heard many people mentioning EndevourOS and I think that’s based on Arch?

EndevourOS was top of my list to try next time I’m willing to give Linux another shot.

The most interesting distro I tried was MicroOS (opensuse immutable). I really liked the immutable concept, keeping the base OS clean and mess around inside containers. Very cool

2022 and 2023 I made multiple decent attempts to go Linux and I’ve finally ragequit back to Windows where things finally just work. Currently using WSL for my Linux needs.

So many frustrating hours.

• Unresolvable sound issues
• Multi monitor issues
• Size scaling issues
• Couldn’t get my games working even for Gold rated proton games
• Don’t think I ever got nvidia drivers working correctly
• Really struggled on some distros to find the correct packages for some things because they were named differently?
• Couldn’t find how to set a desktop background that filled my entire screen in Gnome. It kept repeating to fill the screen instead of just “zooming”
• Got 100% CPU usage in KDE just doing nothing
• Didn’t even want to start figuring how to run my Windows-only apps because by that time I was a bundle of stress and just wanted to use my pc without fighting it every step

Conclusion for me: Windows is best DE, so use Windows+WSL

I’m a bit sad about it because I’m getting more and more frustrated with Windows 11 direction. It seems each update brings a new configuration or “feature” that makes things more difficult for me.

I do feel I am being pushed out of Windows.

For about the last 10 years I try going Linux roughly every 3 years. So I’ll give it another shot in a couple of years.

I fully understand for some people it just works. But it is not yet my personal Year Of Linux Desktop

Self hosting nothing changed my life.

So much free time and less stress once I abandoned self hosting 😅

Yes I like compact view, but a “text only” view would be great also. I’d probably use that when on mobile data.

I also noticed Compact View still loads the full image. I see some posts it downloads a full high res 4mb image just to display it in a tiny thumbnail. Not good for mobile data 🤣

Yes I like compact view, but a “text only” view would be great also. I’d probably use that when on mobile data.

I also noticed Compact View still loads the full image. I see some posts it downloads a full high res 4mb image just to display it in a tiny thumbnail. Not good for mobile data 🤣

Ohh that’s perfect, thank you very much