The great oil filter debate

My neighbor decided she was going to change her own oil and could not get the filter off and called her dad and tried the “ancient Chinese secret” of running a screw driver thru it. She came over and asked if I could get it off. I told her that trick would have worked 20 years ago but these thing are so thin like a coke can. When I crawled under there the only thing left was the top plate and the nipple run into block. Not easily accessible on a Suberu
Yep, had that happen, to a neighbor, after an hour of cussing, sweating, being ate by the State Bird, and covered with dirty oil, I got the remaining part off. Never Again! Well, unless I have too