Two words: commercial van. Seriously, they’re great.

They do, it’s just that they limit it very severely. Right now, there’s a cap of three apps per account. What I usually do is have multiple apple accounts as “dev accounts” and use them to side load my apps onto my phone. There’s no cap on how many you can put on a single phone. The real catch to this method is that you need to resign your apps every seven days. I find it to not be too much of a hassle to plug in my phone to my computer and press a button, but I know that some people get frustrated by having to do something to keep their apps on their phone.

It’s not the worst tbh, Revo Uninstall or BloatyNosy make it easy enough to remove it without having to do some manual Powershell bs

I think the best middle ground is refurbished. There's a few good companies out there that do it, but I can only really attest to Crandall furniture's quality. I bought a Steelcase Amia from them a year and a half ago and it's made all the difference in my home office.