It’s the same experience for me, but I still do a lot of Google searches based on Reddit content since there is a lot of information posted there over the years.
When I was still a Linux noob I used to want to do all of the cool customizations and would often end up rendering the operating system unusable. Eventually I just switched to KDE whoch has a lot of customization built in. Some distros make it harder to shoot yourself in the foot, but I think being able to customize and run the latest software out of the box makes a huge difference.
No it’s very expensive here, but funding is quite different.
I’m almost 40 and on the verge of buying my first house. Most of it has to do with moving to Europe and funding works a bit different here.
What was your socio-economic background?
There is nothing natural about “natural scrolling”.