Photons don’t have mass, but they do have momentum.

You’ll also likely need a few torx bits

When my pixel 5a decided to stop using the screen, I was able to do a full phone backup using the OTG to plug in a keyboard. Ridiculous but was a fun troubleshooting moment

In terms of slim netbooks that are Linux first?

Starbook from Star Labs

Framework 13 from Framework

Slimbook from Slimbook

The bobbit worm chronicles is an excellent read

Couldn’t tell you. I assumed it was free but I haven’t used an apple device in years

OP is looking to move away from Google. Immediately getting locked into a different, arguably more restrictive, platform isn’t a solution.

Now in general:

Pros:

• free (paid plan only?)
• company will stay in business for a while

Cons:

• subject to Apple’s privacy policy
• US based company, not great for privacy
• locked into a different platform
• Apple’s walled garden ecosystem means long term use is questionable. Will Apple keep supporting 3rd party email clients in 1,3,5 years? Do they even support it now? Who knows?
• Apple has control over your account. If they screw you over on an iPhone purchase and you do a credit card charge back on them (for any reason really) do they let you keep your account? Google doesn’t

I’m using Migadu and it’s been great so far. Not many bells and whistles but it’s just email. Also allows you to control your own email address and not be locked into a different platform