damn that sucks man, luckily mine doesnt have any soldered RAM

no bugs on board

i dont treat my thinkpad gently (photo as evidence), and it is in perfect condition after a year, throwing it in my school backpack daily, getting tossed around, getting hit and bumped countless times, on top of what it experienced before i got it (it was second hand from some business) i wouldn’t say its very fragile. sure, its no T series thinkpad, but L series seems to be overhated.

mmm i love bugs

it was for about 6 seconds the thinkpad is unharmed i promise

baby steps ill try again next time

I’ll give you that, what you’re saying makes sense, but in an ideal world, we don’t have to give our data to any government… only in our dreams though…

Im sorry, but people here in the comments seem to be complaining to complain. If both Mullvad and Proton are known to fund/support fascist parties, then what do you suggest we leftists use? And dont just blindly recommend eastern spyware VPNs either. Maybe we just go back to distributing newspapers and using radio, just like our comrades back then did

So instead of American or European spyware, you instead use Russian spyware :)

the only ethical thing to do is not have kids!

If Google needs your ID for a service, then yes. Regardless of OS you will have to verify if you want a Google service, like Play Store.