I thought I found a solution:

You can add this script to /etc/crontab:

@reboot /path/to/your/start.sh

(I modified it to @reboot tapbutton1=1)
Found here but it didn't work

On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 9:38 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
I want to run a program each time I start my computer (tapbutton1=1)
I looked under man crontab and that indicated I needed to look under man crom   but I am lost. Will anyone help?
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