Also recently felt a need to leave Twitter and search for an alternative. I initially began using mastodon.social, and have now moved to my own instance https://mastodon.zone as I wanted to setup something in a closer geo location, join if you're around SE Asia!
The Good Samaritans law, which is enacted in varying forms across Europe and North America seems to be making it's way into Chinese provinces, Shenzhen being the first this year.
Reaper also has the excellent discounted license for $60 which covers a lot of musicians who would otherwise be forced by the singular license of Reason / Logic Pro / Ableton Live.
The argument against the Desktop app seems unfounded, the author states: "I don’t usually like playlists and I’m the kind of guy who enjoys listening to whole albums, front to back". I'm of the same opinion, but when finding a new album to listen to I simply dray this into a new playlist and they become one and the same. This would also negate the argument against the mobile app as well.
Looking at the "Closer to what today’s typical studio looks like" picture, it appears this setup is sans speakers, and I don't think the two Apple Macs compensate for this...