Dude, do you not want people on this platform? Reddit migrants come with baggage yes but I’d rather that than the husk that was Lemmy before.

Thank you for your well written comment. More importantly, thank you very much for your work as an educator.

There are some products that buck the trend for a couple of your points:

Repairable phones - https://www.fairphone.com/

Repairable laptops - https://frame.work/

I have a framework 13 and absolutely love it. Not used a Fairphone yet, and I believe the latest model might have sadly scrapped the 3.5 headphone jack, but will still be a strong contender when I next need an upgrade.

Stick with it, the juice is worth the squeeze!!

AFAIK all ships can/will be purchasable with in game currency, but they’re available to backers for IRL monies during development. Been a while since I played but that’s how I remember it!