It’s such a big update, with so many new features, that the first few weeks may be a little rough. I hope it won’t persuade you off it should you have some minor niggles. The devs have been working hard and testing all the new features has clearly been a monumental task.

I’ve been using Bazzite for six months on my desktop now, and it’s been rock solid in every way, from install to everyday usage, so we’ll definitely get back there should it be a rocky for a bit.

The best thing about Bazzite is of course that if you get a ton of problems, you can always roll back to the previous update.

Not familiar with the app, but PipePipe and other NewPipe forks have had similar issues lately. They have been fixed recently, however, so one could assume they will be similarly fixed in FreeTube too.

Does feel small, but I would say bordering on 100k is nothing to scoff at. This is an incremental battle, as seen from Valve’s approach. Progressively chipping at it and you’ve suddenly cleared the major hurdles. I personally think Linux is ready now for a majority of users, so it’s exciting times.

The 44 release is delayed, and in testing right now, while the team swaps the controller daemon and adds the new OGC kernel if I’m not mistaken. There’s some first-hand information here, but you’re right that the delay could have been better announced.

No enshittification. You can trust it to get better in the long run.