I started using it in my early 20s when it was still called "Firebird" because I was still salty that Netscape was dead and using IE sucked donkey balls (There was stuff like Konqueror and Lynx on Linux, but Konqueror and Lynx were...well they were Konqueror and Lynx). Mozilla 4 lyfe. "Technically" (with huge quotation marks) I've been more or less using the same browser since 1997.
Check out Technology Connections. Very successful channel. Not a single clickbaity face in sight. It has the bold text, sure, but it mostly describes the actual video.
I realized a long time ago that Ubuntu, Mint, and like almost half the distros out there are all just Debian-based. I can literally just turn one into the other if I want. To me they are about as different from each other as different system themes, all just Debian in various outfits. (Astronaut gun meme: it's ALL Debian?/Always has been...)
So I figured why not just go with the OG? I'm not a gamer, so I don't need the hottest new GPU drivers every week.
Yeah, notice how it's still up, people are having a rational discussion, and nobody is getting annoyed with anybody. Unlike whatever it is you're doing.
My main hobby is designing and programming embedded devices, and anything I create gets slapped up on my github in case anyone else can use it. Schematics, code, whatever.
I have a side hustle of selling the PCBs I make, but I have absolutely no problems with someone making a clone of my designs. It's not like they're super advanced tech. Anyone can figure out what I've figured out.