If you're on Debian, it's the tried and true method. The config is dead simple for most upgrades, just un-comment the line in the config file next to the type of upgrades you want, stable or testing. It can take some debugging if you have a package with it's own APT repo. It'll just ignore those updates by default.
the thing I like most about it is that you’ll never need to prove that I+I=II. It literally is II.
I hated discrete structures class in college. Nearly half the class dropped out, me included. Not because I was failing. I just couldn't give a damn. 1+1=2 is true for the same reason I+I=II is true. That's the whole concept of 2.
One catch is that you have to assume it's gonna be sending data to China or at least have a hidden backdoor, possibly both. That may not matter depending on what they are doing.
Or when their ball accidentally rolls onto their property... https://justicereport.news/articles/2023/04/21/black-man-shoots-white-6-year-old-and-her-parents-after-basketball-rolled-into-his-yard/
Or simply nothing at all other than existing... https://therightscoop.com/hate-crime-black-man-shoots-two-white-men-in-the-back-of-the-head-in-oklahoma/
what's your point? These people aren't rational.