And compared to the 10 year old titles on sale that actually work well and look great on 5 year old mid-range HW…

Yes, actually it kinda brings its own kids friendly GUI.

My kids learned mouse usage with GCompris at the age of 4 or so.

It has very basic mini-games for absolute mouse- and keyboard-beginners and has a high motivation factor.

And the rest of the educational game package is also great, stuff for all ages in there.
Also free, open and multi-platform.

Logitech F710, works pretty seamlessly for me on Kubuntu and Mint with GoG/Lutris.

Fascinating read.
I liked learning about the “Simon effect”, only knew about similar, non-spatial ones (colours)…
And I might give non-inverted controls a try, although being a die-hard inverter.
At least it will be some brain stimulus to keep me from cognitive aging too fast. Like changing the mouse hand from right to left and back again once in a while.
And at best I will become the unbeatable Über-Player, because in truth I am a hidden non-inverter! ;-)

That’s funny, I didn’t find a G Super on Google, so I assumed you meant the G Pro. That would be mid-range, but also is kinda old…
But while researching the recent models on Gsmarena, I came across the G Power, which I would consider mid-range. That what you are meaning?
Thing is, like the G Stylus models mentioned somewhere else already, this seems to be North-America-exclusive.
So, enjoy the choices you still have over there, while they still exist! I am slightly envious, though… ;-)

Not worth the effort importing one…
Because if something goes wrong, you are on your own.

I will probably try LineageOs on a used Moto G84.
If that doesn’t work, recent Fairphone is looking good, although lacking the headphone jack…

Seems not to be available in the EU 🥺.
This sucks.

Damn.
For a moment I got excited…
But I can’t find it anywhere. Looks like it is not available in Europe… :-(

They are low-end phones, though.

The point is, headphone jacks are completely gone from all mid-range and high-end phones.
With the exception of Sonys (which are overpriced for what you get).

No, not any more, unfortunately.

Moto G84 from two years ago has been the last of their middle class phones with a 3.5mm jack.
Their flagships already dropped that long before.
On top of that, Motorola also started including ad-ridden crapware into their firmware.

I’m desperately searching for a decert replacement for my Moto G72, which will get its last security update in October.
There is just completely none that’s still featuring SD-card and headphone jack… :-(