No. This is a bad solution. You can't blame consumers for not making the right choice when there's a sea of irreparable junk and a few niche repairable options on the market. Reparability should be the default expectation.

Last I checked the Epic Games Store doesn't even support Linux - the new gaming frontier.

Unfortunately Steam decks have been out of stock for a while. The AI slop Apocalypse ruined the consumer computing market with chip shortages.

No surprise there, Discord sells user data to Meta and X.

Does it still require wiping your drive and enabling developer mode to install software outside the Play Store like ChromeOS does? DOA if so.

I believe you can run Linux in a container and use apt-get.

https://chromeos.dev/en/linux/setup

Using applications with a GUI isn't a very enjoyable experience in that environment.

iPhones will transmit bluetooth beacons even if turned off. Fortunately the battery goes completely flat after a couple of weeks or so and then they no longer do. Unfortunately this is not very healthy for the battery.

Indeed. Never spend your own money on work related expenses. If your job requires a phone, they need to provide one.

Perhaps an NFC smart card you can carry in your wallet or phone case :)

Yeah, I'd rather read a 2 minute article than have someone stretch the explanation to 10 minutes for ad revenue or the algorithm or whatever the current YouTube enshitrification meta is.

Never connect a smart TV to the internet. That's how they get you.