I throw away stuff sometimes because it’s just too difficult to find it a good home
My city does a couple of official “free giveaway weekend” events each year.
People are encouraged to put used but still useful stuff on the curb with a “free” sign, and allow others to take what they need (only if it is marked as free, though).
I’ve got rid of lots of things, and have also found a good number of things I can use.
My decade old TV is starting to show its age with a couple of dead pixel columns.
I’m a bit stressed about trying to find a new one that has none of this kind of enshittification.
I just want something with a couple of HDMI inputs and an antenna connector.
I absolutely do not want any ad servers or mandatory account bullshit injecting itself where it isn’t wanted.
They’re setting up to verify identities online I presume?
To track online activities.
To ensure nobody is doing anything the government (or its corporate funders) don’t like.
Look at the Project2025 manifesto and see how much they want people’s activities to be controlled.
Those are also entirely optional and not having them filled in doesn’t cause other software to stop doing what the user wants.
I can’t see that happening unless the AI bubble pops and their insatiable demand for more hardware ends.