Yes. And so much stupider.

No, the drop safety thing was “fixed” a while back. This is about a class action suit due to the reports of uncommanded discharges in holsters.

If you want to be on the hook for all IT requests from folks you share with, this is a fine approach. There are people out there who honestly don’t have a problem with that and more power to them. I doubt they are the majority, and a lot of selfhosters completely ignore this aspect of software. There is a reason non-free services exist beyond just “capitalism bad.” I mean, capitalism indeed bad, but your time is worth something.