Sometimes I just sit down and realise:

• Tinkering with Linux eventually resulted in my dream job
• Many FOSS tools I use are made by awesome individuals, most of them working on things on their free time
• I trust my devices more now that I use these tools
• Since I run tools like Nextcloud myself, I can trust that my data is not being misused
• I have knowhow to help my friends and family to keep their data safe (sometimes I wish they would follow my advice but anyway lol)
• Since I dont use corpo social media, none of the crap around it concerns me
• I am just generally happier since I do not have worry about any of the techbro nonsense

Makes me feel oddly sated. Calm.

Is any of it perfect? No. But I take these always over the user-hostile corpo solutions.

So people who work on all of these free tools: Thank you. :)