Has there ever been such an exploit? Given all other torrent clients I've seen just run as your user by default, is there something different in transmission over others that make it more vulnerable?

Did UMU get a launcher? Isn't a Proton "distribution" any launcher can use?

This is blatantly false.

You can just turn off new devices signing up without manual approval.

People reusing passwords probably also aren't using long and complex passwords.

Oh, yes. Very much so.

These are all examples of why having the tech alone won't make you money because you need to be able to sell it. Doesn't relate to this article at all.

yeah, I'm well aware of these features. Just didn't get the benefit of running a private instance vs. using a trusted public instance, which would hide my IP from the search engines.

it doesn't exist on youtube or on any other streaming platform

Nothing wrong with Invidious and everyone will need to use it when the ad injections start but claiming your app is better than FreeTube because it's written in Rust makes no sense when it can't ever stream in the same quality consistently.