They had that YouTube Premium Lite tier in a few regions, which was basically that. But Google just killed it.

Windows has billions of users, I guarantee you more than a few care about FOSS.

Also FOSS repos for Windows do exist, as explained in other comments here.

Was expecting this to go differently... Like a Rolex or something.

I enjoy lurking HN but many of the opinions I see there about cloud and AI are Luddite-level.

What did they cut? Mummies?

PC monitors are mostly awful. You pay way more more for worse picture quality. You're better off buying a smart TV and just not connecting it to the internet.

And TikTok cringe.

I've yet to see a new dank meme on Lemmy.

Community stuff can work well if done right. For example you don't see Debian repositories constantly crashing.

Home servers are a hobby for me as well. It's a better hobby than gaming, is what got me into my current career.

But yeah kid me would be somewhat disappointed in adult me losing all interest in gaming...

There were Star Trek fans at the time screaming from the rooftops about how TNG would ruin Star Trek.

Is this what people had to do to spread their word before the internet?

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