Am I too far ‘offline’ to be asking?

This is surveillance phobic… and I’m down for it

To shreds you say?

I just discovered them, so I’m not sure.

I am. You can install Google Play services in a sandbox. One of my banking apps works the other does not, but I prefer to do that over web on a desktop anyway. Otherwise I get pretty much everything off of f-droid.

Conceptually I really like the old netbooks.

I’ve gotten into self hosting and like the idea of using a netbook as a thin client.

Its a nice flex to be more productive on a potato than some are on the fancy stuff

I’d be happy to use last gen stuff too

I have found it good