I do this with older Kindles that I do not sign into. It works great and inexpensive.

Would like to see a full featured phone like the Note 9.

Pretty much why I still use a Note 9. I’ve tried switching to other phones but keep going back to this phone.

Expandable storage was great for consumers but not the big corporations. They can charge much more for storage and keep their prices high for that reason.

As long as this phone works, I’ll stick with it.

If I was single it would be easier but ya know family 🤷‍♂️

I use FreeTube on my desktop and Newpipe on my GrapheneOS Pixel 7, I don’t see any ads or graphic overlays. The family uses AppleTV and the YouTube app is a horrible experience with the amount of ads, even for a 3 minute video. Future project is to look into Pihole or something to block ads at the router level.

Another vote for Fedora. I run it on a 2008 Mac Pro daily just fine. Good luck.