sic_semper_tyrannis

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I have no experience with this. Just sharing so you have more ideas to think about

What's your reasoning for wanting to switch?

What?

For All Mankind

Also the price of most new cars.

You can convert an older car to electric. As basic as it gets but with a new mode of power

I had the same exact setup as you. Glad to hear it's working now.

You can install "Grub Customizer" and personalize the menu appearance to what you want. Make it look like fallout or anything else. Just read the documentation before changing anything

Not having a private OS and messaging.

The best option as of now is the Punkt phone

I'd assume something along those lines but who knows how the enshittification will continue to develop. Having crap TOS always leads to companies taking advantage of it eventually to make more money

That mindset allows them to keep doing it

Steam will do a rug pull one day. You purchase a license to their games, you do not own them.

Have you read their transparent EULA where it states you purchase a license to the game and don't actually own it?