Oh okay. Apologies for derailing the thread.

If it’s a hardware issue with your mobo then a new controller won’t fix it.

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I’m extremely fatigued with re-pairing my Xbox and switch pro controllers and trying to overcome my shitty Bluetooth.

This shouldn’t be a problem. Sounds like maybe you have a hardware issue? Have you tried updating the Xbox controller firmware?

eBay is horrific for actually finding something. The fact that you can’t search for something inside a category blows my mind. And then no one completes the forms correctly so even if you add filters you still get shown a bunch of shit that doesn’t fit. Then the sorting appears to be just random. Good luck finding anything locally that way, because then eBay doesn’t get paid. Better pony up the extra money for shipping.

I use Craigslist with some success.

It’s all fucked up but that’s just reality.

There are lots of comparable models on sale for $1k less than that and I don’t see anything to suggest this is the “best” one.

No price

Interesting, I’ve never seen or heard of that before…

Public streaming webcams have been a thing for three decades.

Most of those public streaming cams are streaming to a private server, and not 40k cameras contributing to the same global database. They’re also not being tracked with AI and storing license plate numbers, facial recognition, etc. to be categorized and later searched by law enforcement for, whatever reason they want.

I have a e14 Thinkpad…with 8gb soldered ram

so I put a 16gb stick in

What?

Oh yeah, that’s a “home phone” or a “landline phone”. But these types of phones cannot receive SMS messages so they don’t solve the problem.

Well. I didn’t disable it.

I don’t know what a “small fix phone” is, but the phone is not the problem. The problem is basic services that require a phone number as part of your registration.

and used a controller more than we’d like to admit

What? Why would I care what kind of peripherals anyone uses?

Also these stats are def wrong because I was ~100% controller and Steam told me 25%, and I know I’m not the only one.

Yes and no. You can try and go without a phone number but I’ve found that to be literally impossible. Or you can change your phone # periodically, that’s what I do.

Yes but you can’t always disconnect. For instance, my healthcare provider requires in order to access your account you:

1. Get an ID card with Google or Apple Wallet, which I don’t have.
2. Verify over text message, except they refuse my phone # bc it’s VoIP.

I will quite literally die without this so I had to get a new phone and a Google account.

I have not done any of those things.

My point is changing providers is a fruitless endeavour. Your phone number is probably sourced and sold several times/day. Switch carriers and they’ll do the same thing. Why? Because no one will stop them, and most people don’t know or even care, so why wouldn’t they? And your phone number is already out there anyway, there’s no taking it back.