This has some "yes do as I say" vibes

They've been pretty tame lately, but there have been issues historically that made a lot of people (rightfully) mad. You ca read on them here: https://manjarno.pages.dev/

Probably never. Gnome is working on their own mobile port. If I'm not mistaken this is partly due to the fact that Phosh and Gnome diverged too far from one another. Although I think some Phosh code is being reused.

The serious answer is to whatever your country's internet regulation agency is (assuming your in the EU, else you're out of luck). So for example, in France that would be the CNIL, in Germany it's the BfDI, etc.

You can look into using efibootmgr to create UEFI boot entries

He says, while using a command that brings a little convenience at the price of control and security...

I too am at a loss as to where the meme is

That's, for example, how VLC can use patented codecs. France doesn't allow for software patents, meaning that as VLC is produced it France, they can use all the codecs they want...

Minecraft Steve. Definitely

Actually, Schwarzenegger literally means "from Schwarzenegg", which is an Austrian village. Schwarzenegg can be translated to "black corner" ("schwarz" = black; "Egg" = corner, compare High German "Eck")

No it's not. Ever tried grabbing it? You can't. Must be liquid or something