

I was being a bit loose. You can video record people in public – just not audio. Any audio on your video recording device makes it illegal.
There are 13 US states like this
“If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner.”
-R B Fuiler
I was being a bit loose. You can video record people in public – just not audio. Any audio on your video recording device makes it illegal.
There are 13 US states like this
Where I live, recording someone without their consent – even in public – is a crime.
I have personally argued both sides on this. Over time I have come to favor it.
EDIT: some background
It’s mindblowing how early in the game Windows became enshittified
“OMG you got a new CPU and harddrive, maybe this is a pirated copy…”
TBH I chose Funkwhale for my solution because it looked easy and out of the box, I just add a single Docker and subdomain to my existing site.
It wound up being more or less what you describe.
I may well follow OP’s guide and nuke my Funkwhale despite the work I put into it and the fact that it does basically work for its intended purpose
Question: did you consider Funkwhale , and if so why did you choose this other stack instead?
EDIT: fix link sry
Use any distro you like! Just make sure it is without systemd