I have a drawer full of smartphones from my favorite era that was 2008 to 2014 so you don’t need to tell me that.
If you work in tech you already know that the newer the phone, computer, whatever, the faster the better.
When nostalgia hits you always remember the fun you had with device X let’s say. You take it out, enjoy it, try to do any simple task and it fails. Then after some time fun becomes frustration and you just shove it back in the drawer until next time.
That’s what I do, that’s what my friends do, that’s what hundreds of collectors that I know do.

In this specific case the guy gave up on the phone and went on android 10 years ago. He remembered the n900, probably though it will be fun to use it with something very basic like WhatsApp that obviously doesn’t work like everything else.
What should I tell him? No it doesn’t work but it’s a great device? He had it, enjoyed it, sold it even when some things where kinda working, so I’m pretty sure he knows that. I’m also pretty sure that if he could afford to have a device just to have it, he wouldn’t ask if anything works, he would just buy one.

And then I see someone ignoring completely all the available new, fast and secure phones/OS’es that you can have today like there’s no other option, and on top of that basically saying that using a n900 today you are secure and private. Since I’ve spent some years in cyber security I find that borderline criminal, not just misleading.

Again, I am not someone that doesn’t like legacy devices. To this day I still keep my first N9 powered on every single day and I still hope that there will be a miracle and I will see a modern version in my lifetime.
I am also totally fine with everyone using whatever they want for a phone. Do you want to use a N900 today as a primary device? Do you know what that means functionality wise? Are you perfectly fine and can afford to use a device like this today? If yes I’m very happy for you and I also envy you.
But the moment someone tries to justify his personal choice with something that is not true or it is partially true, I will comment on that saying my opinion and stating every fact that I know.
That’s it.
No hate, no nothing.