Well, what keeps you then livinig here? Try another country, where you think you can enter without a digital entering card (which most of countries have already since years), or where you get a longterm visa as a present, just show me a country where foreigners are honestly welcomed.
I live here as well, and I'm so fed up with "retirees" always complaining about Thailands beaurocracy, and this "they don't want foreigners in their Kingdom".
I don't know where your homecountry is, but Thailand is not and never was an immigration country like Europe. Thats why your Visa is called "non"-immigrant Visa. And by the way living as a retiree here on 1 year extension requires less documents than for any other visa-types. Why did you retire here anyway, you knew that all before. Nothing changed for retirees in the last years.
I do it myself aswell. My landlady is glad not having to bother with it every time I travel around in Thailand and then come back. This happens at least every month several times.
You only need an updated TM30 if you want something from immigration (like CoR or extension etc.) or want to do the 90 days report online.