Conservative here:

Please kill all data brokers. I value my privacy.

That doesn't explain the last several years of instability.

I ran it on a Dell EMC server blade and it was still awful. I couldn't help but think I was doing something wrong, because its performance was shockingly bad. I also couldn't get any of the office stuff to work acceptably, so I've given up on it for the time being.

It's absurd. Obviously some devices "need" it, like smart doorbells and the like, but I'll die a painful death before I connect my TV or refrigerator to the internet.

Hell, I want a garage door opener that I can monitor remotely, but I'm not willing to compromise my home's security just because I second-guess myself on occasion.

I use the first one heavily, but how does the second one work? Does it require a special package to be installed?

Edit: just tried it out. Son of a bitch, it works out of the box

A witch hunt!

I use both containers and native installs. Native is nice for certain self-contained applications, Plex included IMO. For others, especially those that require a database or some other "messy" setup, containers are easily the superior option.

Might as well do it while everyone's anger is focused elsewhere.