Do not put your phone number in this forum! And oddball, don't even suggest such a thing.
The problem that keeps coming up over and over is that things have been changing rapidly, and you never know what is coming down the pike. Some countries grandfather in people who came under lower requriements, but since Thailand requires a periodic renewal, that doesn't happen there.
So the O visa will get you a year, but you can't be sure that the rules won't change next year. That's just the risk you take.
Now anybody can change the rules and nationalize everything and kick all the foreigners out, but that's a radical situation and doesn't happen so often. Unfortunately, Thailand's changes are the norm, not the exception, so you just have to go with the understanding that you might not be able to stay.
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