How is the battery holding up? You don't want to burn down your parents' house with the spicy pillow of a battery that might have developed over the years.
cesium
Safety razor. Bought one for 30 EUR over a decade ago, and it's showing no signs of wear. Razor blades are cheap too. I have no clue why razors with proprietary blades are so popular nowadays.
I don't see anything wrong with that as long as it stays opt in only.
How will they even enforce that?
You had me until the WeChat/ByteDance part.
This guy launders money.
Saying that no one was using the Dialer and Message applications is a straight-up lie. What else do you think are de-google ROMs using? GrapheneOS, for example, is still using it.
For one, they are generally cheaper than your usual external drive. They usually last longer, too.
TBH, you should just buy an internal SSD and pair it with a USB adapter.
Convenience at the price of reliance on outside infrastructure.
Bold of you to assume people activate windows.