I was pretty sure systemd doesn’t have to be configured like that. Anyway, on my company managed Linux systemd tries to access some network service on startup and shutdown. Unless I’m plugged into on site LAN, I get to wait a full network timeout (presumably with retries) every time.

At least it’s not Windows.

…pirating them at all instead of learning Inkscape & Krita.

Yes, deceitful corporations are truly a troubling new phenomenon, which brings them closer to the baseline for evil: democratic governments

High IQ politics hour over here.

can recommend YTDLnis, as others have. If web-based is important to you, cobalt dot tools seems great and trustworthy.