No, he was feared when he was alive. Most people actually celebrate his death...

They already did. The war sped up a process Zelensky's party already started beforehand.

in parts of europe you can get some kobos branded as "tolino" - they have the same hardware, but actually run on android

It's okay, definitely was worth it for me.

But I still think its kinda weird to put out a 400$ device and then say: "here's full ssh root access, but don't use it"

no, it is quite fancy hardware, almost a4 paper sized, very thin and with an amazing hand writing experience and pretty good ocr.

Its a good device, but also quite expensive

the remarkable software is proprietary. they just run it on linux and give you root via ssh, but installing anything voids your warranty...