No your points are completely valid. I just couldn't find what I was looking for, that's why I am asking the community directly. As I mentioned in my post this isn't a spontaneous decision, I have been exploring every possibility that I could and didn't find something to my exact needs.

The closest thing I saw was android devices, but they bring bloat and not really FOSS under the hood anyway

Yeah a bit of FOSS issue, but while we're on this topic if I can't find my ideal device I have been eyeing the hifi h2 thingy. Seems to do the job but yeah the echo mini looks adorable

I do that already to some extent. The issue is the space tbh. My phone doesn't support SD cards and the base storage isn't that big :(

Love the energy man

Ah the ancient tech, I haven't heard that name in a long time haha but I don't think they have good BT compatibility these days

I have been trying to get into red for the past two months but I never ever get to the interview. I understand it is run by volunteers but my god every time I am in single digits after a few days I have to leave. I honestly can't be bothered anymore

I should also add some nice to haves I guess haha, I prefer physical buttons to touch screen. SD card support would be a big plus. I am not an audiophile so by quality I mean build quality rather than audio quality. I even use BT headphones (forgive my sins)

*When you lie down the wrong way on the massage table

Great news for bloatware enthusiasts ᐠ( ᐛ )ᐟ

Pussy so fire, be running on 5200Mhz

comes with built in water cooling

Yeah totally, I'm sure there are multiple aspects to it. I don't think Nexomon counts as a rip-off game, a rip-off idea maybe? poorly mimicking the original game is ,for me at least, the one thing that separates a rip-off from a clone or a spiritual successor etc.

The intention being, most of the time, riding on the popularity of the original to success.

I also wouldn't generally consider fan games to be rip-offs.

Me and the boys at work