It's completely free is the big draw, but it's not as popular still I ended up back on zwift
I have been struggling with this too. solution has been running it on my phone for now and looking into dedicated hardware. I've come across a few other options (MyWoosh) recently but nothing native to linux.
Lots of value in owning literally everything a person sees and in some cases even what your eyes are focusing on. The costs are still worth it at this point.
Its fine. You can trust me 😏
Not sure if this helps you, but there are some really good mods that reduce or eliminate some of the irritating gimmicks in the game. I played with a double weapon durability mod that makes the game feel way better.
A few months for the Facebook and Instagram bridges and I just setup the Google messages Bridge last week.
This is what I did, took a bit to get it configured but works great once your up and running.
I signed up for beeper, but realized you can self host a matrix server that uses the same bridges between these chat services.
I was skeptical at first, but it's been super solid and refreshing to have a single chat app for everything.
Damn...I paid $1.99 in 2013.
Media handling is a big one for me too!
Email is a shitshow, but its far from centralized. There are 100s to 1000sof email providers out there.
Self hosting is hard, but not out of the question.
If the people want a felon, give them a felon.