Also the price of most new cars.

You can convert an older car to electric. As basic as it gets but with a new mode of power

Not having a private OS and messaging.

The best option as of now is the Punkt phone

I’d assume something along those lines but who knows how the enshittification will continue to develop. Having crap TOS always leads to companies taking advantage of it eventually to make more money

That mindset allows them to keep doing it

Steam will do a rug pull one day. You purchase a license to their games, you do not own them.

Have you read their transparent EULA where it states you purchase a license to the game and don’t actually own it?