Nothing wrong with dual boot if that's what you need , but do check out win AME for it.
Yea I'm looking in do network monitoring when first connecting the phone. Will need root it seems. But since I will install GOS and reset it afterwards it would probably be my best bet for verifying no bad connections . Long time since I used wireshark but should be possible.
https://www.xda-developers.com/unofficial-lineageos-17-1-android-10-samsung-galaxy-s8-plus-note-8/ maybe something newer out there on xda forum
add e-sim directly on GOS I actually think it is working now, think I saw something about it. worth checking out at least.
He stepped down last year. A bit toxic and troubled. A lot of social media drama around it.
Your issues is about stock OS not hardware. And yea shit works without that or gapps.
Android auto works on GOS with sandboxed playservice.
So your "convenience" is just laziness to actually look it up.
For those who don't want the huge inconvenience of no gpay and have to use their cards. Any ROM like lineage for example with gapps on it.
https://lr.burger.rodeo/r/LineageOS/comments/n7yo7u/a_discussion_about_bootloader_lockingunlocking/gxiz8at/?context=3 Basically relocking without your own key is a bit pointless. But yes stand corrected that you can use your own key , it will just be a headache to do it. And generally about the pixel it's all about the titan chip. That makes it stand out. https://www.androidauthority.com/titan-m2-google-3261547/
Also you have droidify and neostore that also do unattended background updates.
Can't answer on the hardware since I don't have the 7 , but keyboards are plenty around . I use gboard and remove network permissions ( jay GOS) why force a specific one on people? Just use the one you want. Passwords keepassDX , MFA aegis. Copy paste I havent thought about it guess what you compare to.
Don't get me wrong I do use Firefox myself , just not on android. The reason for using FF in onion project is that FF allows proxy needed for Tor. The aim is only privacy , security as a by product. As such they need to take a lot of measures against fingerprinting and remove functionality that others have. So all the projects have their own justification. But using tor browser as intended for daily use would be a real pain.
Rather that if you ever accidently clicked on anything you shouldn't, you would probably be better off if you used vanadium and not Firefox.
Not that I am a huge fan of him in general but you should watch this. Also there is no debt that's not imaginary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTznEIZRkLg&t=28 It is not strange that relatively rich people have fewer child than poor people. Rich people don't need a buffer for kids dying and being providers at your old age. The answer to population growth is obvious and anyone arguin anything else is speaking in their own interest. Equality in lifestandard, money and life.