Trying to get my friends to try anything other than the entrenched option is the issue I have.

Haven’t tried it but Revolt is the FOSS alternate for discord right?

Was that not spending money? Gotta find and get them into your labs somehow.

The xcovers backs usually stay on when you drop them and the back only really holds the battery in. The internals are protected by another layer of plastic.

As you say the specs do suck though.

Surprised they actually want to pay them 15k more and not what they would pay a recent graduate if I am honest.

Not surprising where the only way to get tech jobs is to have 5 years experience or work service desk and hope someone whos job you want gets hit by a bus.