Given that Apple jumped the shark on surveillance, trying to get a sense of how well Linux-first laptop hardware performs. It all sounds good in the advertisements but want to hear from others here. I'll be switching from a Apple MBP 16" so I'm not sure how much of a downgrade to expect.
A. Purism Librem 14": https://puri.sm/products/librem-14/
B. System76 Laptops: https://system76.com/laptops/
C. Dell XPS Developer Edition: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/xps-13-developer-edition/spd/xps-13-9310-laptop/