Does that mean they can actually disable the IME?

Trezor is a solid choice. https://trezor.io

What I do is use scrcpy to navigate apps that aren’t navigable via remote. It works pretty well. Just turn on wireless debugging in developer options and adb connect. Then, type scrcpy, and you can control the thing with your laptops mouse and keyboard!

I’m shocked there isn’t a constant media outrage

The media is generally owned by very wealthy people and, as a result, reports in ways that benefit the rich and powerful. Centralization of media is very bad for democracy.

I believe, if you use Headscale (https://github.com/juanfont/headscale) as your server, and just the CLI, it’s all open source.

Maybe it’ll be used like “no loitering” laws. Often not enforced, but useful when you don’t like something and can call it illegal.

Which part?

You can also just run Onenote in a virtual machine.

Firefox is the good option. It is not controlled by Google.

Yes, but when good options exist, why give thought to which bad option is less bad?

Mullvad is no longer ideal for torrenting because they discontinued port forwarding. Airvpn is a good alternative that still provides port forwarding.

Was Reddit ever open source?

Yes, for someone with limited Linux experience, Unraid is a better choice than Proxmox. And, the experience gained through configuring Unraid will be applicable should you want to move to Proxmox later.

Who are they trying to fool here? Any person who is truly aware about privacy knows Google cannot trusted in this domain.

They’re trying to fool those that are not aware. Which is almost everyone.