[akimbostrawman]

>so physical switches for the baseband are always best, though few devices support them.

If someone has the motivation to backdoor devices they can do the same with physical switches (that will still talk to software regardless). If anything adding a switch that does nothing is easier.

[lrvick]

Easily verified with a multimeter and the most basic of electronics skills. Electronics are not magic.

[akimbostrawman]

The same applies to software tho so there really isn't any advantage outside of marketing