the innovative way you have solved an issue that has been a challenge for most to get any headway in...and only a few managed to find solutions for ...until youtube changes their methods and make things difficult yet again.

What you did is no small feat.

And yes your wife is correct
...some have an iphone or android and just watch videos ...
And those are the same sheeple who just allow their lives to be monitored and allow surveillance of all they do...
The same sheeple who have given up their privacy and their freedoms ...for convenience and not having to think about things ...but just use and utilize them.
The same sheeple who will use whatever narrow options they are given and pay whatever they are told because they have no choice Because they do not wish to take the time to learn how to do things themselves.

Problem solving for the n900, and figuring out how to troubleshoot and record exactly the steps taken to failures and successes so they can be replicated by following the transcribed methods ...
Is not just a n900 or Maemo or smartphone or OS or tech ability or talent ...
It is applicable to literally all other aspects of life .
And is an absolute essential tool in one's toolbox.

Frankly I am of the belief that a person should know enough basics to make their own choices and fix their own things...
Regardless of whether it is a smartphone, a laptop, basic vehicle maintenance / repair, home repair, and farming.
The more one can do, the more self sufficient one is, the easier life becomes and the less chained one feels to no options

Your wife's response is just overflowing with praise at your success in solving a problem that has stumped many.

You should be so proud to have such a wife.
(now THAT Maemish ..is sarcasm)

I am piping up now ...because I have heard enough from all of what you said previously ...
And know full well exactly what you are living with.
For what it is worth I had a couple very long term relationships with ladies who were cut from the exact same cloth...
And believe me when I say...
though you can love them...and they in their way love you...
The twisted toxicity that you are immersed in daily is so unhealthy as to make even folks close by ...have health problems and reactions I am sure.

The best thing that ever happened to me was getting the hell away from such people..