In fact, recreating the computing experience of the Commodore 64 (and BBC Micro as they are a British foundation) was one of the specific purposes of the Raspberry Pi.

An anti-static bag wouldn’t do anything. I assume you mean the Faraday cage bags, which would prevent your phone from pinging anything as would a hardware switch but wouldn’t prevent them from searching it if you get arrested.

No SIM wouldn’t really make any difference, all (US) phones must be able to make a 911 call even if they aren’t currently in service (that’s what SOS in the signal meter means too, you aren’t roaming or don’t have roaming turned on but the rival carrier’s tower that you are hitting legally must allow you to make a 911 call). Just because your carrier doesn’t support those frequencies anymore doesn’t mean there aren’t other carriers that do or that the mobile cell tower spoofers won’t still scan for those frequencies. If you trust that it will stay in airplane mode and that the custom rom’s Bluetooth stack is locked down enough to not ping any Find My devices or similar then maybe but standalone Meshtastic device sounds like the best bet to me, or maybe something like IP over HAM radio. Maybe it’s time to dust off the Cybiko!!!

Don’t take your phone to a protest. Even if you turn it off or in airplane mode. iPhones ping the Find My network even when turned off for instance and Google has their own version of the same thing. Feature phones, insofar as they still exist won’t save you either, in the US all cellular devices are required to have a GPS built in (it was part of the same law that made the Amber Alert).

Because there aren’t any developers in charge any more. At places like MS and Google now promotions are given to people who make a big splash. Fixing a bug doesn’t get attention.

I think you are giving people too much credit. Lots of people have a budget they can spend on appliances (like a credit line) and they get the best (most expensive) one they can get on that budget. Others will do the opposite and get the cheapest but only people like you find on Lemmy (Linux users for instance) in my experience will make a choice in the middle based on feature set.

I’m curious about the due process of getting shot in the face…

Sigh…

I wish people better understood the logistics of a general strike.

For the record my people were forced off their land by the US government almost 200 years ago in an event called the Trail of Tears. This has always been a dictatorship for some.

As soon as you would like to let me know what I as an individual 22 hours away from DC can do to effect global change feel free.

It felt so weird when Tim Walz was lauded as a “gift to progressives” when he was running on a platform of “kids deserve food”.