I use these analogies too, it’s like becoming a digital gardener.

100%

I do find it funny that I offer so many friends and family access to these services, and they generally just take the accounts and never use them.

Is there? Mind sharing the link?

Also remember there is, and has always been, a reliable pipeline of old fucks moving to Florida to retire. They are mostly conservative, and boy are they reliable voters.

Guessing Seinfeld is not among them

Learn a little docker and start self hosting stuff! Pihole is a great one to start with, but there are lots of other awesome projects out there:

https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted