Just a regular Joe.

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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • In the EU, there are typically three levels of VAT, with members having some leeway to choose which applies to what.

    Health services, public transport, rentals/housing and education are often exempt, while most groceries and medications are at a reduced rate. eg. Germany has 7% and 19% as the reduced and normal rates.

    Income taxes are additional and (in most EU countries progressive). Social insurances are often separate, and similarly progressive.

    This works alongside the basic welfare nets, which ensures that people have just enough to survive if they fell through the cracks. Without this net, even the reduced rates on groceries would seem punitive.

    Not every EU country is equal, but there is a goal to provide these societal safety nets alongside fair taxation, which is invested back in society.


  • But not Fire tablets (kids profile) or Samsung TV or many others that Plex currently supports.

    JellyFin android phone app’s UI is a little weird at times, but does work pretty well for me.

    What I would adore from any app would be an easy way to upload specific content and metadata via SFTP or to blob storage and accessible with auth (basic, token, or cloud) to more easily share it with friends/family/myself without having to host the whole damn library on the Internet or share my home Internet at inconvenient times.

    Client-side encryption would be a great addition to that (eg. password required, that adds a key to the key ring). And of course native support in the JellyFin/other apps for this. It could even be made to work with a JS & WASM player.