Bloggers, writers, indie shop owners, event organizers 🤷 There are plenty of reasons to want to schedule posts without wanting to play into "engagement metrics".
I'm using Syncthing. It doesn't feel like overkill, especially since I'm also using it for music and photos. I basically just set it up and forget about it.
You're right, it's impossible to survive in a rural area without one of these emotional support trucks. Sucks for the rural kids who the drivers can't see, but they shouldn't have been so short.
Of course it is. People at large don't care if their social media goes to shit. They're going to keep using it and complaining about it even as it gets worse and worse.
That's absolutely ableist.