As you point out, the Phoenix issue was incompetence, and the impact was uneven. Some didn't have issues, others missed paycheques, yet others still got paid more than they expected.

But the US situation is a function of US Government that results in massive impact against the more vulnerable members of their society. I believe the comment remains valid.

My experience

-Migration appears to be hit and miss -Fresh installs might not be trouble free either. -Photo/Video libraries still seem problematic -Movie/Show libraries are outstanding. -Trickplay with Enable hardware decoding seems to be functioning

What really stood out this time is Jellyfin's handling of movies and shows. I think initial library scans are faster, navigation is improved, playback is more responsive, and even the hardware decoding for Trickplay seems to be working! I'd say aces for Jellyfin for this set of updates.

Of course, there are some old pain points (for me anyway), and I'll quickly note them.

Migration was hit and miss I suspect. I see other comments here suggesting it worked well. For myself, I tried to migrate with an existing instance, and the process completed. But, Jellyfin became slow and very unresponsive at times, making navigation impossible.

I installed from scratch as I intended, experimenting with a photo library. Logs revealed repeated issues with database locking. Jellyfin was basically unresponsive and navigation was impossible.

I deleted everything and tried again, adding the same photo library. Jellyfin completed the scan, but navigation of the library's directories would time out. I think this is okay in the long-run since I was not expecting things to be easy here.

I have yet to test out a music library - but experience suggests this may not turn out either. I'm just thrilled with the improvements with movies and shows.

Great to see the updates.

Just my experience: I think after years of just wondering how to get Jellyfin to work, I realized that some of these updates don't work out well. I get a better experience just installing from scratch - so I save thumbnails and such alongside the files.

Also, speaking for myself, I don't use Jellyfin for large and numerous libraries like music or photos since I don't think it handles it very well. When I go from scratch this time around, I might consider those libraries to experiment.

What consequences could there be? You can have more than one account. Explore freely. Maybe you'll like the change?

Given the state of the world right now, this book is now on my watchlist for 2025.

I'm suspicious. The Royal Family wouldn't do something like this as a first choice so I think some evidence surfaced or something is on the way that prompted this as a response.

Can it be related to Epstein? I hope so. Trump needs to eat this crow.

I don’t see a slow drip of Christian right, just allowing themselves to be converted to this freewheeling mass known as the fediverse, one by one. They’d hop their own pirate barge on an instance, lobbing bible verses at us en masse.

I suspect we’re all looking forward to it too because it’s what the fediverse promised us. We get to be whatever we want to be, and god dammit we can float our own barges if we’re weird enough.

I think it odd that Texas, a wealthy state, would attack the digital safety and privacy of its residents instead of addressing how power can cut out for days at a time or water boil advisories for its populations.

Anything but meeting the barest expectations of a “first” world country.

I think this is a reference to a sensationalized US news story in 2020 where a US officer allegedly brushed off fentanyl powder on his shirt/uniform and reported accidental overdose by skin exposure.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/lindseyellefson/fentanyl-accidental-exposure-police

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking/you-wont-die-touching-fentanyl