Thank God! That’s a relief. I thought I was going to have to redo my entire photo library hosting stuff.

Do you have a blog or something? Do you write about your experiences regarding this?

Why? Typescript transpiles into js but maybe the transpiler intruduces some overhead, isn’t it possible? I am not familiar with these languages, so this is an honest question.

even in a fresh install, my /etc directory is full of config files that I haven’t created. in clear linux, it starts completely empty.

Its approach to the /etc dir was great. I haven’t used it but read the documentation. Basically, all software come with default config files in /usr/lib/config or some directory like that. You create a config file in /etc only if you want to override some defaults, and if you want to reset all configuration you simply delete all files in /etc. I think it is a great system. Removes the clutter from among the user created config files and enables one to make an etc-files repo and keep track of system configuration via git, just like people do with their dot files and user configuration. But other than that, I had no reason to try it.

How can consumers be a problem in a capitalist, free market economy?

There should be laws forcing payment processors to be neutral. They should have to accept any transaction that would be legal if made using cash.