If I choose to spend that money that was hard for me to spend on a hardware wallet then I would have safe myself from some losses.
It's easier to find the definition of Bitcoin online at the time but it's a bit complex to know out of the box that there is something called cold wallet or custodial wallet, it was confusing to me, so I just visit google for answer and yes Legder and Trezor are always the first, instead I went on google play store for bitcoin wallet, I mean, why spend dollars on a hardware wallet when a software wallet can do the same?
This was how I found FreeWallet, I use this to store some Bitcoin, it was easier for me because it required only email login and password, I stumbled on some that ask me to write down recovery seed but it was stressful for me, stupid me, since Free wallet sync with my email I thought that's all that matters and I lost it all, can't log into my account anymore, as if Freewallet swapped my password and log in info.
You are talking non sense.
Unless you are very experienced in cyber security, there is no way you could have the same level of security using a software wallet and a hardware wallet.
A hardware wallet gemerates your seed in an airgapped environment , 99.9999% secure. You can even plug your device in an infect computer and your coins will be safe. Unless if you do some mistake like phising etc...
Actually, software wallets can be quite safe and reliable. I'm not even talking about sterile, airgapped PCs without NICs but even a regular PC with a working NIC can offer decent security for your coins. You have to be very careful, that's right. But even a hardware wallet is not 100% safe. You can buy a fake hardware wallet with a backdoor, there were several data leaks from hardware wallet manufacturers etc.