Got into self-hosting for this very reason. I've been running immich (the FOSS basis underneath Pixelunion) for 1.5 years now. I've even bought a server license to support the team. It's ridiculously good software!
Note that I'm not even a techie or network guy by trade (though I've travelled far down the rabbit hole since). Spinning up immich on a local computer (not even a dedicated server) to make backups is relatively easy. If I could do it, it's not unlikely you can, too.
Thanks for the Quobuz suggestion, which has come up in another posting here. I'll make sure to check it out!
listen primarily to indie artists who have fan donations set up (albeit this is more work on your part due to decentralization) is to pirate the music, figure out how much you’d have paid on the music platform, and then directly donate to the artist, giving them (basically) all the money.
Good call! I've considered that route, but I couldn't find (m)any donation opportunities for the bands I'm interested in, and if so, it's mostly American platforms again (Patreon...).
A man of culture, I see! I've been an avid CD ripper all the way through the 2000s and 2010s. Yet, times are a-changing, and I want to try and forego the extra step physical media, which will only be opened once anyway and then just take up space (either in my house or somewhere else). Donating to a library is a good idea theoretically. I just have my doubts they'll be prepared to reserve ever increasing amounts of shelf space for obscure extreme metal albums...
I'm not defending or glorifying either of them. They've done tons of damage to the U.S. by spreading lies and division. What I'm saying is that they might prove useful idiots for a change, fracturing the MAGA cult just enough to allow the less brainwashed to come to their senses.
Ach so, Privatsphäre war gemeint! Nicht dasselbe wie Sicherheit, aber verwandt. Da schneidet Linux in der Tat besser ab. Angesichts der Spyware, die Microslop seit Jahren als Betriebssystem verkauft, hängt die Latte da aber auch echt nicht hoch. 🫣😁
Not on this side of the great information rift, no. But think of the people imprisoned inside the MAGA echo chamber. For them this may be news, and MJT and Rogan do have the potential to pierce the walls of their "conservative" media rubber rooms just enough for some fresh air to come through.
Die Substantivierungen sind zwar zulässig, in diesem Fall aber hochgradig unüblich. https://www.korrekturen.de/forum.pl/md/read/id/73267/sbj/lesen-und-schreiben-lernen
Deswegen meine vorsichtige Formulierung: "zwei bis fünf."