"If that means I become a social pariah, then so be it." Sounds heroic, but maybe does not help anyone? And if you really cannot tolerate closed source, than w

"If that means I become a social pariah, then so be it." Sounds heroic, but maybe does not help anyone? And if you really cannot tolerate closed source, than what kind of hardware do you use? As far as I know, they are allmost all closed and locked. Pine64 is a fresh breeze, but they are also not free(nor stable) yet. My workaround is simply, that I have a mobile, where I can remove the batterie, then I know, it is turned off.