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Regarding free dev time: Donations can be made as a means to thabk and compensate the project.

12? Those kids get phones at 8-9 around here as far as I saw.

When I was in school, just pulling out a phone meant confiscation.
Even ringing meant a call for the parents to get it back.

Those taking first class peobably have their own jet anyway.

How is a login screen less user friendly?
Eveny non-technical mother got the hang of it after I explained it to her one time.

Just the playback has some quirks with audio/subs sometimes.

Chromecasts and derivatives etc. exist?

You know...
For lemmy being so dead set on replacing everything propietary with (F)OSS they are really firm on only using/stayung with Plex and pay a 100$ for their pass instead of things like Jellyfin...

At best maybe going to clubs.

But yeah. All points you mentioned are out the window in today times.

My town (germany) of about 10k has 2 major supermarkets (not the kind of walmart sized) in a 15min bicycle time.
2 or 3 smaller shops within 10-15min walking time.

Because you don't want to drive privately but for work. Where you need a drivers license.

I don't want to bash those folks that want to liberate themselve but this is either a designed request to engage discussions (state a correct fact, nobody responds vs. state a purposefully wrong fact and everyone and their dogs will come to correct them) or they are literally unable to search google on how to pirate.

This is like being unable to look up porn by themselve searching "Woman tits naked".

6 bil ia a stretch.
I'd go with 60-70% of tge general population being perpetually online +10% of the older folks only having a smartphone for whatsapp and some other stuff.