Best people can get are #NewOldStock #GTX1030 or worse like #GT710 or got forbid #GT210|s which noone should buy unless they are stuck in some hellhole like #Brazil where #customs make thibgs so expensive that people are glad if they can buy their used work computers (minus HDD/SDD) from their employers for an absurdly high price cuz #refurbishers and #UserMarket either din't exist or just full of shit re: prices!

• I sadly can't find the #LowSpecGamer video reacting to #LinusTechTips calling lowest-end #GPU|s "manufactured #eWaste" as he #unlisted it and many others for no good reason!

@GossiTheDog @BrodieOnLinux OFC NOBODY wants blatant #Spyware and #Govware as their #OS!

• And I do know for a fact that one of the biggest European #Refurbishers is working on delivering devices with @ubuntu / #UbuntuLTS instead of #Windows10 because they sit on literal warehouses full if machines that can't and won't be able to run #Windows11 thanks to #CensorBoot & #TPM 2.0 being required!

@katnjiapus it's because of what I call "#RedBlueIndex" (named after the holding company owning the two biggest electronics tetailers in #Germany, #Saturn & #MediaMarkt):

• Only what people see ib stores exists to them!

Thus they see #Apple devices that are more expensive than ever before and are less compatible than anything since the switch from #PowerPC to #ix86 and all the garbage prebuilds with #WinShit on them because retailers get paid to not offer #Linux and the big OEMs get paid $25 for every #preinstall if #Windows10 & #Windows11...

• I wish I was wrong, but #Microsoft paying #Toshiba / #Dynabook, #hp, #Dell, #Lenovo and #Fujitsu is the result if them threatening to ship @ubuntu / #UbuntuLTS instead of #Windows7 / #Windows8 on #Workstation and low-end office machines if they don't get discounts...

Same with #refurbishers that pay less than €10 per key in return for not shipping Linux...

That's why you don't see Linux machines in stores.

And I want @kartellamt@social.bund.de / @Bundesregierung & @EU_Commission to actually investigate that sooner than later...

@DJDarren OFC - just like #iCloudLock has nothing to do with #theft of #Apple devices but solely with #AssetDenial against #Refurbishers...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzS2vwDUO9U

@Tijn Shit like this should be illegal IMHO...

Could be worse tho...

Imagine it was #iOS being remotely bricked by #Apple for being #EoL'd yet they refuse to provide future updates or unlock the devide so one could install i.e. #postmarketOS or #Android or whatever on them instead...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxaCUugPoRY

Or an #iCloudLock because f**k #refurbishers and #SecondHand / #UsedDevice resellers...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzS2vwDUO9U

Or a remote-bricked #Apple device due to stolen #SerialNumber...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifOifNBgyRg

@sleepybisexual @fdroidorg Not shure if there's any good way to get some #linux going on a #GalaxyA51 without #rooting, #aftermarket-#firmware or similar...

Unless one's tight on budget or explicitly can't choose something different I'd recommend to go with a #Pi0W + screen and display or a #Pi400 kit instead if one wants a #UltraLowCost Linux #Desktop but doesn't have some #used #PC / #Laptop at hand one can convert to it nor access to #refurbishers that don't overcharge for old stuff...

@machias Also for those short on money, there are commercial #refurbishers that may be willing to pay for a decent machine...

Like my local one...
https://www.afbshop.de