What government surveillance and control are you talking about? If now trezor hardware wallet is considered a very bad choice, then it’s not even clear which wallet is considered a good one.
They have partnered with Wasabi, who pay the blockchain analysis company Coinfirm to surveil their users. Trezor have not been a great choice since their unfixable seed extraction vulnerability was discovered, but given that they are now pro-surveillance and pro-censorship I don't think anyone should ever buy a Trezor device again.
The best hardware wallet on the market right now in my opinion is a Passport.
Well I have not used any of the above mentioned wallets except Electrum, Trust Wallet and and Binance exchange platform wallet. Someone made a recommendation of Trezor hardware wallet but from what I am seeing here, I don't think it is recommendable to use it again.
m2017 don't take one particular object as the best because production of things are differ. So if you didn't take Trezor as one the best, there are others that can still take that position. Though knowing the secret of all those devices is the best. It is today that I am hearing the name passport as wallet again. That is why forum is a good place to learn.