I don’t know but it might be inextricably linked to Googles content servers or reliant on services in such a way that it can’t simply be stripped of the telemetry in the way VSCodium is for example.

It’s nice that Arch is providing an easier installation method, it’s counter-productive for many users to have to contend with such detail just to have a functioning system.

Oh that’s a nice project for them to participate in!

It would be from Lenovo.

You may need to update the UEFI firmware.

Another option would be to get a laptop which is verified to work with most or all of QubesOS security features.

Currently I think the most eco-friendly option is a Framework.