Was it the movie Go where they thought they were getting involved in some sex thing, but it was actually Amway?

Didn’t Hammond actually get started with a tiny elephant he used for raising capital in the books?

Yup. The tracking stuff just makes it easier, but standard use of the phone sans tracking is still trackable.

I’ve had good luck with edubuntu with my nephews and nieces. https://www.edubuntu.org/

Looks like they stopped dev in '21, but RockBox is what I used to use. Amazing software.

The better half downloads audiobooks from YouTube when on wifi, for offline listening.

I like downloading slow TV, so I don’t have to worry about streaming it, of I want to sleep to it or something.