> 2. deliberately sabotaging the devices against being repurposed with alternative software. This is why my old iPad 2 is sitting in a box somewhere. Old Andr

> 2. deliberately sabotaging the devices against being repurposed with alternative software. This is why my old iPad 2 is sitting in a box somewhere. Old Android phones got wiped, bootloader unlocked, and the latest version of LineageOS, etc. they could handle. They mostly get used as readers, fancy remotes, or media players (older ones in airplane mode when not powered off fully for security reasons).