Plus I can’t even think of a popular show in the past 10 years that had a meaningful conclusion. I don’t really watch a lot of TV so this could easily just be that I’m out of the loop, but it seems like a lot of endings are bad.

Justified ended in 2015, Better Call Saul wrapped up in 2022. I think those two qualify as solid conclusions. It speaks to your point that I could only readily come up with two examples.

I find it hard to take seriously anyone who throws the term FUD around with no sense of irony.

If you’re a fan of Townes Van Zandt in any capacity, Steve Earle released an excellent tribute album titled Townes in 2009. Steve dropped out of high school to seek out Townes, eventually meeting him and kindling both a mentor/protégé relationship and a friendship. Van Zandt’s influence is easy to find in Earle’s style, though the latter definitely went his own way. There’s an authenticity to Earle’s interpretation of TVZ, despite providing a markedly different listening experience.

Probably when measures that genuinely protect the right to repair are enacted on a wide scale.