I share the author's frustration with making graphics work on older machines with nvidia dGPUs. My Sandy Bridge thinkpad absolutely cannot boot without hanging

I share the author's frustration with making graphics work on older machines with nvidia dGPUs. My Sandy Bridge thinkpad absolutely cannot boot without hanging and perpetually writing to disk since their major "additions" in 5.12 and later, no matter the dozen hours spent and configurations, kernel parameters setup; I've reached the conclusion it's impossible and put the problem to rest for now with an older version. Alas, this an industry problem, not limited to nu-lenovo by any means, from poor designing of the devices in question (on the Optimus implementation above: it's absolutely terrible and prone to all sorts of issues, because you can't just rip the damn nvidia chip off) to cutting corners. When producing these devices, do manufacturers often think, let alone care, if they will be used in the future after a decade or more? There's no stimuli to do so, after all, no gain from it.