I still haven't heard a good "why" for why they are doing this. Why brick it and offer a refund? Why not just let it fade out into obscurity like older phones?

Not using Apple Watch as an air tag to track my kids every movement. We use it as a form of communication for our 5th graders that isn't a phone. We tried phones with the older kids; it was a constant battle, and we swore never to do that again. It's super convenient to be able to text back and forth on where to be picked up where they are at and what time they are coming home (when necessary). They don't spend hours on end using the watch like they do phones/tablets/Switch. I highly recommend it.

Azereus is a bloated memory hog based in Java. Anyone who knows their clients either go with bittornado or the "new" uTorrent client. uTorent has similar look/options to Azereus but not based in Java.