I'm not defending or glorifying either of them. They've done tons of damage to the U.S. by spreading lies and division. What I'm saying is that they might prove useful idiots for a change, fracturing the MAGA cult just enough to allow the less brainwashed to come to their senses.
Not on this side of the great information rift, no. But think of the people imprisoned inside the MAGA echo chamber. For them this may be news, and MJT and Rogan do have the potential to pierce the walls of their "conservative" media rubber rooms just enough for some fresh air to come through.
I've always been quite techie (maybe not by trade, but by passion), and been decoupling from big tech solutions ever since the Snowden revelations dropped. Ditched a lot of non-free software and services first (MS Office -> LibreOffice being one of the biggest), then switched to Desktop Linux and degoogled Android. I suppose self-hosting my own services and taking control of my network was the next logical step on this journey. That, and immich. It's so ridiculously good, it single-handedly made me want to run my first real server.
True that! I'm running plenty of those apps myself (though on a dumb display powered by a Linux machine), so I can appreciate the setup! Since you're running Google TV: have you tried running Newpipe? Imho, it's a no-brainer replacement for the YouTube app and blows it out of the water both with regard to the features it packs and the privacy advantages it brings.
Straight from the horse's arse. Isn't that the idiom? Not a native speaker. 🤷♂️