They don't want to ever change this, and that is why my open source wallets of choice would be ColdCard mk3, BitBox02 and CoboVault and not in that specific order.
I appreciate that recommendation and I found the OP here very informative, because I'm functionally computer illiterate (more or less). I love the Ledger devices, but that closed source code aspect does give me some doubts, though small ones.
Never heard of the above wallets, although ColdCard does ring a bell somewhere in my noggin. I'll have to check them out.
Hardware wallets are expensive, the secure element is useful. If you want a cheaper but not as sophisticated alternative, use a RaspBerry Pi offline.
A Raspberry Pi? Is that not just the same as storing your private key on a micro SD card?