> good reason why this was ever something which existed.

Firewalls allowing only the non-secure variants (POP on 110), making STARTTLS the only way to retain compatibility while enabling encryption.

> people who block ports pointlessly just because they've been abused in the ancient past are idiots too.

I agree with that, but in this case you're wrong :
- pop and IMAP have their secure counterpart defined by the IANA. Blocking the non secure variant is a legitimate approach
- Security is layered on by using TLS, not directly by the protocol itself
- The non secure variants have been officially obsoleted by RFC8314

> it is my device, i decide what do do.

Really? using this argument about an Apple product, and an iPhone of all things?

I don't think you were going for funny, but it is.

> Can off-the-rack clothing which contains cameras and cell modems be far behind?

Do glasses count?

I just sold my 4 year old desktop for almost the same price I had bought it for. And I don't believe I ripped anyone off. That's how crazy the hardware market is.

> I only buy a new phone when the old phone breaks

Yes, but that wasn't my point.
My point is that phones will get expensive to the point where the cost of upgrading them will be prohibitive, even as a status symbol.
Right now we're at the diminishing returns inflection.

> users who don't have deep pockets are putting off upgrading their [product]

Hasn't the same thing happened to cars?
Next up are phones.

git-filter-branch, or https://github.com/newren/git-... I don't remember the specifics, it's been years since I needed this.

> strict security policies that block the exploit

Which policies block this exploit? The only mention of security policies mitigating this flaw is from grapheneOS : https://discuss.grapheneos.org...

People have been working on identifying this problem for 3 decades.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m...
https://elifesciences.org/arti...
https://www.politico.com/agend...

Yes, our fields are basically growing hydroponics now, but even when grown in healthy soils, you'll grow junkier food than a century ago. Both are a problem, it compounds into mass silent malnutrition.

Doesn't work anymore : physical media contain the first released version of the game, which usually has bugs, so for some games the updates are critical. Thinking of Cyberpunk 2077...

  Downloading, updating and storing installers is IMO the only way now.

Casual gaming on PS5 is already a major PITA. Turn console on once every few months: You've been disconnected from PS account, update firmware, update controller firmware. Sometimes it even wants 2fa. Now it won't let me play until I update? Screw that.

FFS it's a console, those exist so that I just push a button and play. Honestly, at this point using GOG+ Lutris on Linux is a better experience.

For example :
Letting companies use the software without allowing the end user to modify it.
Anti-tivoization clause which prevents a unalterable chain of trust managed by the vendor for every binary on the device.
Requiring service providers to provide sources to software not even running on the user's device. (AGPL) /s - just to be sure

V2L, V2H, V2G, this is getting complex.

If I have a solar system (grid connected) that is capable of feeding my home even when the grid goes out (not just an EPS circuit, and not an island system), which one of the above is able to cooperate with the inverter to pull power from the EV in case of a blackout, with no manual intervention necessary?

iOS Safari in private browsing works around local network blackholing. At least on my network it does.