Sorry if I misunderstood your comment, it seemed like a metaphor for social media but perhaps I assumed too much. My bad!

You know you don’t have to doomscroll social media right? You can just, you know, not do social media.

Maemo and later Meego yes… I had a Nokia N900 and it was an awesome phone. Basically Debian in your pocket, easily accessible terminal with root etc.

I would recommend getting a Google Takeout export every year or so. Even before it falls off a cliff it’s a good idea to have your own backups. Accounts can get blocked, hacked, etc.

Aren’t all Hue bulbs Zigbee? They have some WiFi or bluetooth models now I believe but afaik all of them support Zigbee with a bridge.

It’s definitely the way to go, and the maintenance is easy. You do need to replace the coil every now and then though FYI.

You’d still be running Windows though so why bother