Well, as to the last point the metal is providing internal rigidity, so that’s why there’s no inner tubing.

But agreed. I cannot see this trumping my replacement costs during my lifetime. It’s cool, and it might be more environment-friendly, but cost/benefit calculation says no.

My money’s on bling.

Being Dutch, I had no idea what you were talking about. So, I looked it up. Almost died laughing already.

Honestly, to me, Connect feels much like Sync for Reddit did. Itvs to be expected that devs are going to learn from eachother in the process of developing for Lemmy, especially given the “youthfulness” of the platform.