Once I was stuck with a ridesharing car opened and off in -20C because my old samsung s8 throttled so bad I couldn't even reboot it. It was completely unresponive with the flashlight still on discharging it even faster.
I couldn't leave the car too, being responsible for damages during the rent.
After a bit of time I remembered that to force shut down newer androids you have to hold volume down and power. Why would they not keep it as a long press is beyond me.
I don't get what's so fascinating here to be honest. There's only 1000 milliseconds in second guys. Imagine how many pictures are taken at the same time in a music concert for example.
Can I run my password manager server on an RPI? No -- do you want to loose all your data because the SD card failed?
PiHole? Unifi controller? Maybe