Yes, they recently shot a video together.

If you care about actual functionality (accurate HR, fitness tracking, GPS tracking for runs) but still don’t want to be spied on, using GadgetBridge with a commercially available watch (Huawei/Garmin/Amazfit) is probably your best option. GadgetBridge being the controller/gatekeeper app to the watch means all your data stays on your device and isn’t going to the watch manufacturer, but you still get the benefit of the actual functionality working well (which, unfortunately with Pebble or PineTime isn’t the case right now - pebble being very old iirc and pine time just… Not being good.)

Again, look at how distros handled DeCSS back when that was an issue. There were just “unofficial” 3rd party repos hosted in places that didn’t care about US crypto laws.

Who cares? The source is there. Do it anyways. DeCSS was technically illegal for ages in the US. VLC (not hosted in the US) still contained it to play DVDs.

“Not allowed” and “Can’t” are two VERY different things.

Just do it anyways, fuck what he wants.

Sure you can. Absolutely nothing actually prevents it.

Can this handle plugins? I use a modded DeDRM on my Kindle Unlimited books, and so require plugin support.

That’s stupid. Nothing stops you from just installing regular Ubuntu if you love snaps so much.