I would agree with that. I just don’t have the level of hate for the old standard that everyone else seems to have. But as it was pointed out, this IS mildly infuriating so I can see that. My biggest complaint with it is that it is very hard to see which way it goes since the taper is subtle, especially if it’s dark.

Ok, that’s a good point. Probably the best one so far.

I guess my point was just that I’ve seen this hate in more than one place.

No. As I stated,I prefer the new standard but the hate for the old standard seems a little over the top to me.

I prefer the new standard too, but are you actually getting rid of perfectly functioning old stuff because of the connector?

Sounds like a real first world problem.

Well I like the new standard as well but the old one doesn’t feel that old to me. It strikes me as another symptom of a throw away society that no one else has any older items anymore since I have so many. I have a few power banks of different sizes, Bluetooth speakers, a bore scope,a couple of action cameras and a couple of pieces of test equipment. They haven’t died. I just assumed most other people still had some things too. But the prevalence of people hating on the older standard leads me to believe people just throw away working items because only because they performed then as old.

Anyway, that’s the basis for my comment. You do you.

Why are people so against this old standard?I have lots of perfectly useful older equipment around that uses it. Why would I just throw away old power banks and buy new ones just because it uses a different cord? I don’t get it.

Well if doesn’t mean anything because this platform is full of Linux fanboys. I want to love it for all that it is, but unfortunately every time I try it, I have the same kind of experience OP has. I’m sorry if that doesn’t fit in your world view.

Oddly, I’m trying it yet again. My laptop is old and Microsoft is trying to make it obsolete. Since I only use it in a limited fashion, I’m hoping to get away with it. Time will tell.

I got it from every experience I’ve ever had with Linux. That said not an expert, but that’s kind of the point.

This is I believe, very typical. If you just want to get in the car and go from point A to B, your only choice is Microsoft. The car will spy on you, force you to do things like visit the dealership to get the light to go off, break and require you to go to the dealership and of course buy a new one when you don’t want to.

To avoid this, you can buy a Linux car and do anything you want to…as long as you are a mechanic or are willing to become one.

I’ve always had issues with it too. You’re not alone. Thanks to Windows 11,I plan to convert my laptop to Linux and I’m hoping since I only use it lightly for a few simple tasks it will be ok. But my desktop daily driver will have to be Windows. Rock and a hard place.

Somehow… Not the good news I was looking for.

I’m gonna need some good news soon. This dystopia just keeps getting worse and worse.

This is a real thing?

As I mentioned, I didn’t really know where to post it. I guess my lemmy-foo isn’t up to snuff. I saw that this appears to be in lemmy.world, but only 10 options came up when I tried to post and none of them really seemed right. Advice?

Thank you for the thorough response. After looking carefully at what you wrote I didn’t really see a difference between the term self-hosting and home network.

You said you have software that automatically downloads media. The way I see this using movies for instance, if I own the movies and have them on my machine, then I can stream them over my network and have full control. Whereas if I “own” them on Amazon and steam it from there, they can track the viewing experience, push ads, or even remove the content completely. I understand that… But if I want a NEW movie, I’m back to Amazon to get it in the first place (or Netflix, or Walmart, etc. I get it). I’m fact, personally I’ve started actually buying disks of the movies/music I like most so that it can’t really be taken away and I can enjoy it even without an Internet connection. Am I missing something? Unless of course the media you are downloading is pirated.

I know I’m asking what seems to be a huge question but I’m really only asking for a broad description, sort of an ELI5 thing.

Wow! Thank you all for the civilized responses. This all sounds so great. I am older and I feel like I’ve already seen enough ads for one lifetime and I hate all this fascist tracking crap.

But how does that work? Is it just a network on which you store your stuff in a way that you can download it anywhere or can it do more? I mean, to me that’s just a home network. Hosting sounds like it’s designed for other people to access. Can I put my website on there? If so, how do I go about registering my domain each year. I’m not computer illiterate but this sounds kind of beyond my skill level. I’ll go search Jellyfin, weird name, and see what I can find. Thanks again!

I’ve never posted on Lemmy before. I tried to ask this question of the greater community but I had to pick a community and didn’t know which one. This shows up as lemmy.world but that wasn’t an option.

Anyway, what I wanted to know is why do people self host? What is the advantage/cost. Sorry if I’m hijacking. Maybe someone could just post a link or something.

Truly mildly infuriating. Nicely done.

I had something similar happen. Had a boss on a job that didn’t like me so when the inevitable complaint came, I presented all of my CYA data to my manager, proving that the accusations were wrong. He couldn’t have cared less.