I did not say Plex is "just file sharing that can be replaced by torrents". Those were two separate points:

1. The "unlocked" framing implies capability, not time preference

2. General technical literacy has declined: non-SWEs used to torrent, use DC++ extensively, etc.

I was not comparing Plex to torrenting. I was observing that basic file-sharing knowledge used to be common and now is not (see Netflix et al).

> time and energy being the focus

Sure, that is fair. But that is a different claim than "Tailscale unlocked self-hosting for me" which is how it is often framed.