Please, please, please drop the internal SSD myth.
That isn't true, and has never been true, ever. That is a complete bullshit story made up by a YouTuber who saw that the SSD didn't show up under Linux back when the T2 Macs were released (because it didn't have a compatible driver) and decided that must mean Apple were "blocking Linux".
All internal Mac SSDs work fine under Linux these days and have for years. I have a local branch with preparatory work to bring up the M1 SSDs already (requires some driver refactoring to do it properly).
That isn't true, and has never been true, ever. That is a complete bullshit story made up by a YouTuber who saw that the SSD didn't show up under Linux back when the T2 Macs were released (because it didn't have a compatible driver) and decided that must mean Apple were "blocking Linux".
All internal Mac SSDs work fine under Linux these days and have for years. I have a local branch with preparatory work to bring up the M1 SSDs already (requires some driver refactoring to do it properly).