Better idea:
Buy pc from big box store
Return it because you can’t use it without creating a windows account online
Repeat once a month at every store in town until they know you by name

That actually is a better comparison lol

Cars aren’t a good analogy- they generally do what you command them to do in a predictable way.

I have an old laptop with a w7 partition for running some old cracked software. It has never seen a shitdown, only battery pulls. Not even the warning of a long press

And a dns resolver resolvconf :(

https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration#resolv.conf.Configuring_resolvconf_.28or_a_workalike.29

The 2029 Slate Wagon, Vaporware Edition

And brightness is pitiful because it’s going to be on 24/7

https://github.com/throwaway96/dejavuln-autoroot#instructions

Sounds like a hostage situation

I had to put malicious mp3 files on a USB for my newer C2, but my older C8 was rooted in the browser

Buckle up

https://community.frame.work/t/framework-supporting-far-right-racists/75986

Moved the hardware to a subscription.

Oh you thought he was going to save you from the cable company?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/starlink-takes-page-from-cable-firms-with-10-monthly-rental-fee-for-hardware/

You can pry my rooted C8 from my cold dead hands

We pay for the bailout anyway as taxpayers

I didn’t realize it was that high- im seeing that the average is around $15 a month, but I’m sure there are whales that hit that $600/mo

Could also be a truth sandwich. Or a lie sandwich, what do I know

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_sandwich

What a time to be alive

I use a package at work that lets you update within the major version. So you won’t get the bells and whistles of the new one, but you’ll get security updates and big fixes for 2 years or so. After that, you’re using a mature and polished product that you can ride another 10 years if you want.