What an absolute bullshit of an explanation. I hate this. Just be honest and say it’s not worth it.

So you literally need much more than a networked raspberry pi with a content hard drive, and Kodi installed anywhere.

But that’s the point I’m making. It’s absolutely fine that it’s not as simple as using a ready-made service. And we shouldn’t behave like it is, because that’s just not true.

And where does the content come from?

Even though many people suggest that, I don’t believe you can compare any off-the-shelf streaming service with a self-hosted Plex.

You have to find and download content to your Plex. You don’t get recommendations. You don’t get a built-in interface on your smart TV. You have to deal with network configuration, VPN, private trackers, seeding ratios etc.

How on earth is that comparable to pressing the Netflix button on your TV and selecting a recommended show? Even my boomer parents managed to do this on their own.

Using the equipment incorrectly.

Since the content of the address bar changes when you change tabs (the same as the website itself), doesn’t it make much more sense to have the tabs above the address bar? What’s your reason to prefer it below?

a relationship is a voluntary situation

Except if you’re standing next to me in the supermarket. Or at the bus stop. Or sitting near me in a restaurant. Or at the doctors office and so on. And in all of these situations, I expect common courtesy from you. Or I consider you as an asshole.

This sounds a lot like Hanlon’s razor. “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

Do you really believe that people like spez, Zuckerberg, Musk behave like they do because they want to do favors for other billionaires? Isn’t it much more likely that they’re just … disturbed? That they are narcissistic, megalomaniac, maybe idealistic in their own believe. And in being that, they make stupid decisions because they literally work differently than regular folks.