You wanna put some money where your mouth is?

In other Hacker News...

Linux troubles:

- [0.a] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42839502 "Facebook ban on discussing Linux"

- (bonus comment} [0.a.b] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42848523 "Linux users are extremists according to the NSA (http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/nsa-linux-journal-extrem...)"

- [0.b] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4063236 "Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 ARM Devices"

- [0.c] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19224887 "Apple Is Blocking Linux User-Agent on appleid.apple.com"

- [0.d] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36197401 "Tell HN: Cloudflare is locking out Linux users"

Firefox troubles:

- [1.a] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34952279 "Ask HN: Is your Firefox blocked by Cloudflare in recent weeks? (e.g., Gitlab)"

- [1.b] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31459258 "Firefox appears to be flagged as suspicious by Cloudflare"

- [1.c] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42719865 "Google.com search now refusing to search for FF esr 128 without JavaScript"

- [1.d] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29938521 "Reddit Blocks Firefox"

- [1.e] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33269391 "Firefox Private Mode blocked by T-Mobile"

I could go on, but I won't. Suffice to say that yes you are right you "can" get such a computer. But there are very strong indications that won't always be true, and even having such a computer does not guarantee that you can access the services that you require.

> And there are plenty of non smart phones that can receive text messages.

What you mean is that there are plenty of non-smart phones that enable receiving of massive amounts of spam indistinguishable from spearphishing, and you even pay for that privilege.

No. I do not accept the concept of being required to pay for that "service".