I wasn't old enough at the time to see what kind of world we're heading for at that I would end up hating it. I probably would have maxed out at CRT displays and email-capable symbian phone or something.

I liked CyanogenMod/LineageOS at the time too (KitKat 4.4 up until the gay shit that is Android 12), I can't be fucked with fighting it or modding it to that degree, so I just avoid using it. I bought a phone without a 3.5mm jack recently, but most likely won't make the same mistake again.

One nice thing is that I got enough people using my Matrix (Element) instance that I don't need to use whatsapp or facebook or any of that shit.