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You're hosting a multiplayer game?

Also I think you have a bit of a warped view on what an os update entails for Android devices, maybe because your only comparison is the iPad.

iPads need updates because it's the only way they can receive bug fixes and new features. On android even system apps can be updated via the play store, and new features can be added to your device via play services without even restarting, you'll just get a random info one day that says "your device can now do this or that". (Unless you go without play service ofc).

OS updates for the last few years have just been pretty forgettable stuff (like I can't even remember one single feature they added with Android 14, I think it was just new clock fonts?)

I don't think any manufacturer offers more than 5 years os updates. Normally you will still get security updates afterwards but I don't know if there is any way to see how long exactly beforehand.
If you install lineage or some other rom it would not matter anyways what the official support is. But someone needs to take the time to port it to your device, so the more popular of a device you choose the more likely it is to get ports longer.

Generally I'd recommend looking at what hardware of a popular device fits your needs (size, budget, pen etc) and then just looking at xda to see what roms are available and how easy the flashing process is.

I don't understand what you mean by saying you don't want the software bricked in 5 years. You mean bricking while flashing a rom? Usually that's easy to recover. I don't think I've heard of many people bricking a device unrecoverably lately.

I consider this click bait. I'm kinda disappointed now.

Most people use toilet paper instead of nails but you do you.

It's not even from over function since it is ugly as sin.

Play service is not an app store.

The green text is not the bullying, the green text is one of the new reasons the kids are getting their heads flushed in the toilet. The bullying has stayed the same, there are just new additional reasons to get bullied.

I use 4 towels as well, big one for body, small ones for hair and hands and tiny one for the face. Last one is more like a washcloth and not a full fledged towel.

How come AliExpress is that different in America? In Europe I used it like 4 times and I got everything within 10 days without any issues.

Ys Nordic is only released in Japan yet as far as I know.
Ys 8 is a good starting point.
The stories aren't that connected besides some characters and a lot of Easter eggs / references so you can play them in pretty much any order you want.

Disappointing. I loved the 3ds games and was hoping to get something similar but a bit modernized.