the joke seems to be that he doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about, because on top of that, nobody pronounces “d8” as “date.”

a lot of ideas-only leftists on the internet have gotten furious with me when i ask “how.” way too many terminally online leftists build their entire political ideology around the desired end result and have spent exactly zero time thinking or learning how we actually get there.

i don’t have all the answers, either, but i openly acknowledge what i don’t know because just getting angry and calling someone a right-winger in the comments of a random reddit or lemmy post over the tiniest bit of barely-pushback is not going to help me build actionable knowledge and strengthen my views.

you’re right, but i need people to understand that this is simply not a workable solution for most people. the simple fact is if we want the average person to adopt more open source alternatives, it needs to improve usability even without their help. it’s not really enough to only cater to us power user nerds with “good enough,” and it doesn’t win hearts and minds to handwave complaints and tell people to come back with a patch.

ideally you’d setup wireguard (or whatever) for them to use so you’re not just opening ports to the entire internet. i use jellyfin and like it a lot, but the real major issue with jellyfin is explaining to your elderly mother how to setup and use wireguard on her smart tv.

i’ve been using emacs for a while and i cannot believe i’ve never thought to check for that. sure enough, there it is. amazing.