Over the last few years I’ve been slowly moving to cheaper/free hobbies, I think part of the reason I’m enjoying them is because they’re free, like I can go for a run for nothing apart from some shoes. I like that there’s no real upkeep and if my local gym shuts down or whatever I can still just go for a run.

The same thing goes for software, I’ve started caring more about open source software recently, not just because of the privacy benefits but because it’s free! And again with independence, if a paid service shuts down I can’t use that software anymore, with open source, you have the code, you can just download it and you’ve got it, forever.

I’m from the UK and this isn’t too much of an issue beyond the couple of usual idiots. Went to the US though and it was insane, we were getting overtaken by school busses going 95. We were at the speed limit and getting overtaken by almost everything.