In 2023, you can get 64 bit PC's in the back alley dumpster.
Intel 6th gen desktops can be purchased for the ~$30 he spent on the phone and don't require the many hours he spent trying to boot an OS on it.
64-bit Core 2 Duo machines are still perfectly usable and people will pay you to take them.
The unlock took the most amount of time.
The larger point is a comparison of AXP64, and ARM64. AMD64 hardware is pretty much easy to find, and not all that interesting.
Not to mention it takes up no space.