You'll likely run into some problems eventually but yes, for the most part things work very well now. My only significant problems are typically cause by anti-cheat software.

Because it's "easier" to support Windows from a business perspective and it's easier on users to use Windows as most already do use it and thus need no additional training/decreases support tickets.

I'm a small business environment it's much easier to manage with Linux but you still need an OK Linux admin on staff.

Once you start scaling up on paper Linux certainly works but there are a lot of factors that most people (such as yourself) don't consider.

This is coming from a pure Linux admin working on a mixed Enterprise environment where 99% of the infra is windows

Why tip someone for doing the their job?

Well that's an easy fix. I just won't use those apps.

Assuming the implementation is done in such a way that I am not indirectly owned by the manufacturer of the BCI and am capable of maintaining its software and firmware myself...yes yes absolutely yes stick that shit in my head.

But if it is not open source and I'm expected to be tied to some corporate entity just to utililze it, no, absolutely not.

Just look at the bit rate of what you are streaming and multiply it by 3 then add a little extra for overhead.

But the article explains that there is a technical reason.

The primary reason a private track is private is to make it feasible to maintain a curated community. Many users are not good torrent citizens. Many users are not good netizens in the first place. More than a few will look to actively do harm. Keeping a mostly closed community allows the vetting of users and those who end up breaking the rules are dealt with swiftly.

The extra barrier of entry also helps prevent bad actors from operating on the site. This is of course not a full proof thing but it is obviously much better than a public site.

Additionally running a private tracker and site takes server resources that are not free. Limiting the total number of users is a way of maintaining uptime by staying within your operational limits.

I'm sure there are other benefits for private trackers but these are at least a few.

I am not going to explain why someone on the internet was mean to you. Given the tone of this post I wouldn't be surprised if it was deserved.

Are you asking about why private trackers are private or are you asking about why a handful of people were mean to you who also happened to use a private tracker?

Edit: typo

There sure is a lot of ultra-triggered atheists in here!

No one is answering my question:

Why can’t you see a post or comment about religion and say to yourself, “Oh, this is not for or about me” and then just move on to another post?

I do. You don't see those posts because they don't exist.

A question in exchange. Why do religious people have to constantly insert their beliefs into the lives of everyone else? Why is the primary stance of a major political party one steeped in what they claim to be religion yet is overwhelmingly full of hate?

Debian for all things.

Care to cite your sources in that claim? I'm know they are far from anything that could be considered "good" but "worse than cigs" is news to me.