You might get surprised - I looked at default KDE, Gnome and docs for a couple WMs. Yet my question is not "how do I get different backgrounds", but rather, "how come is this the usual thinking"? Why? Are there serious drawbacks technically or from UX perspective that I didnt think of?
Why downvoting? It is good for community to know this, even if content is far from cheerful. Expressing criticism in comments does more for public awareness than making the message less visible.
Given most of water comes from public facilities it is structurally just unsanctioned and ineffective transmission of power from shared pump to private generator. Would be a simple energy theft if you didnt pay for water. A waste of water and energy anyway.
If I understand it right.. it will be much more costly to host videocentric platform than other types of content. A serious proposal for sharing the burden of hosting will likely be vital - through funding or decentralized storage/processing. Havent heard about that yet.
One other reason I imagine is to establish a single family name, especially with children in mind. I'm not sure it actually works better than a double damily name, but it probably seems so to some.
Just my emotional reaction: I am amateurishly selfhosting for more than ten years with only basic linux knowledge. This training is probably more focused on pros and general web development than self hosting. In my imaginary perfect world self hosting would be a common skillset taught in a secondary school.
They forgot the lifespan of the monkey, those thought experimenters.
I can tell them for free: its 42.
Because how could you sell contact data to google and apple if they already have it?
Just making structural changes sound like "changing the leader".
I was lucky to find https://purelymail.com/ which fit my budget and needs - primarily supporting multiple domains for my family and personal projects without extra costs.