iPod Touch 6th gen 32GB: is it worth it realistically?

OK, so, this may seem a bit comical to some, but maybe not to others. I'm dead serious though.

So, while cleaning out my desk drawers and such, I found an old blue colored iPod Touch 6th generation. Not an iPhone, but an iPod.

Looking at the About screen, it looks like this thing's on iOS 12, and cannot seem to get any further future updates. Plus, it's only a 32GB model.

Given that I have an iPhone 12 Pro Max, and also as a backup phone, an 11 Pro Max, of which the 11 is a 128GB, and the 12 pro max is a 500GB, and both of those are totally up to date, is there really much use or reason for me to even so much as think of reviving this old iPod even for just really really basic things?

The thing does work, and is in good condition, but yeah.

I'd feel bad getting rid of it or recycling it, as there's some sentimental value to it, being it was my friend's until he gave it to me back in the days while I was having some medical issues to help me feel better through my recovery. So from that standpoint, I"m not gonna get rid of it, but technologicly speaking, this thing's on iOS 12 of some build, don't recall exactly more than that without looking. I'd suspect that given this thing wouldn't have all latest updates, and all security patches and such from Apple, would it really be even advisable to use? Call me a bit paranoid, but coming from previously working I.T, and some also in Cyber Security, I have to take those things into consideration.

If any of you all still have really old iPods lying around, I'd be curious what you all do with them aside the obvious of maybe playing some games here and there. I'm totally blind literally, and use Voiceover exclusively, so really am not even remotely slightly a gamer. If anything, I'd use it probably for the occasional iMessage, maybe for basic audio streaming or music listening, or maybe an occasional e-mail when in a pinch, and my phone not be near me.

I know some would say, for a small child, like maybe a preteen, who's not yet old enough to be responsible enough to have a full fledged phone, it would be nice, and if it wasn't for the sentimental value, you'd be dead spot on. I'd definitely donate it then, but given how I got the thing, it's just not something I'm wanting to fully let go of. That said, I'd like to make more of it than just a paperweight.

I kind of remember too the battery life in those things really sucking compared to what we have now with the newer iPhones, and iPods.

I dunno. Like I said, since I don't game at all, yall give me some ideas? What maybe might this thing still be useful for?