Thanks for posting this. Very interesting read. It seems inevitable that the gift card off ramp will be closed.

There is still spending though, if you seek it out. I sold several posters for bitcoin last week. Bought access to super testnet's workshops with bitcoin. I'll pay my yearly bill for webhosting in bitcoin next month.

Orange-pilling merchants seems hard. I prefer to spend bitcoin at merchants who actually want it.

The get on zero people are impressive, but there is also good in using Fiat when that's required, and spending bitcoin when you can.