This is a fair bit easier as a remote worker, but even in-office you would just sandbag your time rather than publishing the finished work immediately. In-office it's more likely that you would waste time on the internet rather than working on a personal project though.

That's not the worst thing. Having more work means you're less bored. You probably won't be payed more though. But being too productive can cause you to have no next task, wich isn't the same thing as having free time.

I think that's part of the reason why devs like working from home and not be spied on.

You’re saying companies don’t get information on how remote employees utilize their time? I could almost be sure many companies do that.

Perhaps the OP completes the assigned task ahead of schedule and keeps the saved time.

Shhh! Do you want to kill AI? All the C-suite and middle management need to hear is that "My QoL has never been better since I could use AI at work! Now I can 'quiet quit' half the day away! I can see my family after hours! Or even have a second job!"

Expectations will go up, while the pay will stay the same. And many will just take it because of lack of alternatives

While sitting in the open office staring blankly into space because of RTO, work really has nothing to do with productivity it's all fugazi.