I mean we are literally on a couple of open source solutions communicating using an open protocol probably using some sort of open OS.

https://nosystemd.org/ is a thing. I dont have particularly strong opinions on the matter.

You don't need to do it alone. In fact, people can come by, fix some things, then go about life. Or donate money instead of resources. If you have used lemmy/piefed/mastodon/peertube in the past, theres a tiny bit of my code in there that makes things just a tiny bit better. Thats not a brag or anything, its just that multiple people can contribute.

But I hear the frustrations. There is a certain mindset you have to have, hopeful you and others can build something....or with enough hatred to build out of spite. Sometimes thats hard to do with everything else in life. Sometimes the best thing to do is to accept and move on. Or go looking for new solutions without maintenance.