They don’t roll themselves up into a compact ball and lay still when feeling threatened.

Hedgehogs do that.

I have already several times kicked hedgehogs across the lawn in the dark because of this behaviour (involuntarily of course)

But why? To ensure some status quo by making higher education only available to an existing upper class?

In Germany I have the impression that decreased support for basic ecucation is at least partly connected to the increasingly inversed age pyramid, but that may not be the whole story.

Apparently not that obvious, considering the state of school funding in many countries, mine included.

You might want to look up “Enshitification”.

No surprises here…

Remember playing this quite some time at a friends. But I think we played Wing Commander even more for some reason.

And way before that: Elite on a C64. That blow my mind at the time. Connected lines in 3D! Wow. And yes, I am old.

But my favorite of all time has to be Privateer II - The Darkening. Relatively open world with a cool background story and incredibly immersive with fitting prerendered cutscene visuals and lots of real actors doing the keyscenes.

Excuse me sir, are you living in the past?

l am using it to revive old phones since its cyanogenmod days. There has been a lot of progress on the installation and update side, much easier now, so perhaps just try it.

Much better than a phone without Seurity updates…

You could go for Lineage OS.

OnePlus Phones are well supported, even the OnePlus One gets regular updates.

Was considering buying a OnePlus phone just for that reason alone.