Hustle culture, sure. Side hustles, sure. The concept that a game company should pay me to play their game, nope.

I’ve literally never heard a single person bring that idea up. Acting like it’s somehow a widely held belief because that dude said so is idiotic.

Reminds me of the Morrowind UI

Exactly. I’m not going to pay a fuckload of money for multiple streaming services only to still not see my fucking team every week.

Oh no, a small number of my users are actually using my service the way I advertised it. Better change it

Oh no, my employer might find out I’m looking for other jobs after being overloaded for a year and a half and constantly having my concerns/feedback/process improvement initiatives brushed aside.

In the US, the Coast Guard puts out Local Notice to Mariners once a week, and will push one out if there is a new hazard to navigation reported.

If you’re in anything larger than a small fishing boat, update your charts. Shit changes quick on the sea.

Your instance name disturbs me

There is a key distinction between a contracted public service and a private company running a for-profit business. Think buses (as you described) vs taxis.

This seems to be a recommended option

Eh, fair point. That said, I use a spreadsheet for fitness, so I might be a bit biased.

All of the functionality mentioned in the comment I replied to is trivial to automate in a spreadsheet with a few manual entries every month.

Why not just make a spreadsheet?

Sometimes comments won’t load for the post, it loads the comments for the last post you visited. Refreshing tends to fix it