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I would add the 1999 game Warzone 2100 to this list. Much like Earth 2150 you can design your own units and it also has the persistent homebase + mission outposts system. It was open-sourced in 2004 and has received quite a bit of love since then.

Don’t get into crypto. It’s only useful for scams and money laundering.

It’s still not a game I would even remotely consider, but is it really bad management if it’s insanely profitable?

I’ve tried, but Signal is just too cumbersome to use. I sorely miss a web client and my family members sorely miss an Android tablet client. This makes it hard to recommend.