We pirated heaps of PS1 and PC games at the time. I remember my school cleaner running a PS1 chipping business on the side. Great times

As long as you can build a computer from off the shelf parts we are fine in that regard. They can’t stop FOSS OSs from working.

They mean a script that will install tools like Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr etc

Can you elaborate on what you mean by “artificially locked in order to keep it rare”?