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In Germany they provide relief from the constant fear your vpn might leak and you'll receive mail.

They can sting, they just mostly choose not to.

Also I think you have a bit of a warped view on what an os update entails for Android devices, maybe because your only comparison is the iPad.

iPads need updates because it's the only way they can receive bug fixes and new features. On android even system apps can be updated via the play store, and new features can be added to your device via play services without even restarting, you'll just get a random info one day that says "your device can now do this or that". (Unless you go without play service ofc).

OS updates for the last few years have just been pretty forgettable stuff (like I can't even remember one single feature they added with Android 14, I think it was just new clock fonts?)

I don't think any manufacturer offers more than 5 years os updates. Normally you will still get security updates afterwards but I don't know if there is any way to see how long exactly beforehand.
If you install lineage or some other rom it would not matter anyways what the official support is. But someone needs to take the time to port it to your device, so the more popular of a device you choose the more likely it is to get ports longer.

Generally I'd recommend looking at what hardware of a popular device fits your needs (size, budget, pen etc) and then just looking at xda to see what roms are available and how easy the flashing process is.

I don't understand what you mean by saying you don't want the software bricked in 5 years. You mean bricking while flashing a rom? Usually that's easy to recover. I don't think I've heard of many people bricking a device unrecoverably lately.

Play service is not an app store.

The green text is not the bullying, the green text is one of the new reasons the kids are getting their heads flushed in the toilet. The bullying has stayed the same, there are just new additional reasons to get bullied.

I use 4 towels as well, big one for body, small ones for hair and hands and tiny one for the face. Last one is more like a washcloth and not a full fledged towel.

Do iPhones even have a way to add multiple users yet? Last time I checked there was no option, but I haven't bothered for a while, so did they finally add that?

I don't even add a picture to my resume. Like sure, a nice picture is probably better than a quick selfie but no picture is the most logical choice, unless you're applying to work as a model or similar maybe.

Don't know if PS1 counts as old but Valkyrie profile is one of my favorite games and you play as a Valkyrie recruiting fallen warriors and training them up for Valhalla.
Star Ocean 2 (also on PS1) is another one of my favorites and you can choose between a guy or girl at the beginning, which changes the story a bit.