Any suggestions about “easy entry” things for newbies?
The easiest entry point for newbies is to know how to buy bitcoin directly. Newbies can just go for a better noncustodial bwallet, cold wallet for high amount and just buy and transfer bitcoin to such wallet to hold. Bitcoin was designed in a way you can have it and have full control over the ones you own as long as it is a private key wallet.
You can use an exchange such as Binanace and just keep it on the exchange. Don't need a software or hardware wallet, its just for extra protection. If you keep it on an exchange just make sure you use 2FA and don't reuse passwords. As long as you don't click phishing links in email or anything suspicious you should be fine. Also enable whitelisting addresses also as an extra protection.
Exchange can be hacked, when you can have full control, why saving coins on exchanges?
About 2FA, it is best to just use another device for it. I mean traders.