I think i still have an account of it, but I haven't agreed to anything, so I should be good, right...? Anyone know?

if op's lemmy account is deleted tomorrow, we know what happened

Yeah Canonical is the Google of GNU/Linux

It supports more devices than GrapheneOS i.e. nonpixels. That is where I would totally use it.

It's very loosely based on LineageOS, which is where all it's device support comes from.

Would love to use UnifiedNLP

I'VE ISSUED A CORRECTION, SEE BELOW Unfortunately, UnifiedNLP is not supported. Quoting from their FAQ Page: Network (cell tower, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth beacon) based location providers such as Google Play Services, Qualcomm IZat, and microG/UnifiedNlp are not supported.

Sorry to break the news to you :(

EDIT: IT MIGHT BE SUPPORTED, see their Merged WiFi UnifiedLP Backend

Yeah... to my knowledge it's the same as a "normal" UEFI system, but instead of pressing esc or f12 you hold the alt or option key on startup. Then select your USB, and boot. I'd strongly advise you test everything before installing.

I think a LAN-connected machine would be good, if you could use an app or open-source, well-documented API to control the machine, but there is no reason a washing machine should need to connect to the outer internet. You can VPN into your local network if it's that necessary to control it away from home.

I have, I had the day one 2013 controller, it was nice but it developed drift quite fast, and also is harder to repair

The amount of performance you lose is negligible compared to the amount of performance you lose in 5 years when the laptop's processor is out of date and there's barely enough ram to run a semi-heavy task.

Instead of doing this creepy shit, why not make the immigration process easier?

So for 3,000 dollars you can have more crease and more points of failure?

i want to see a google flip phone

this is very good, im glad to hear emergency services continue to adopt modern technology