he/they
For more platforms, there’s SquirrelJME (itself a fork of J2ME). You can build it yourself or use the retroarch core.
A lot of governments already do. The credit card duopoly is the reason the US decided to come after Brazil’s solution.
Why would a government just block payments for something it doesn’t like instead of, you know, making it illegal, which it already can do. I doesn’t need to block my payment to the heroin store, because the heroin store isn’t legally allowed to operate.
I love the Vita, and you’re right, you can hack it to accept SD Cards, use native PSP/PS1 emulation in any game and a lot of homebrew ports.
PS: If you’re willing to get third party PC Handhelds, the Ayaneo Air 1S is the closest thing the Vita form factor I know. 5.5" OLED screen, but the bezel is thicker and it has longer grips. It’s a 2023 device, so I’m interested to know what they’ll do with the next line of AMD chips
Step 1. Become “too big to fail”
Step 2. Fail
Step 3. Cash printer goes brrrrr