We do need to get corps to move away from closed source protocols like MS, Google, Meta and others push notifications though. Those are not in anyway safer and are just basically trap to force people to use their apps

X is lighter but have already soldered in RAM. T series are a little bit more bulky but pretty much anything can be customized. Be wary of the t480 and t490 though. Those have some flimsy charging ports that if broken will be impossible to fix.