> It isn't hard to understand what was meant.

At least two independent people understood you in the same way. So just dismissing it isn't productive.

> PITA. If you sandbox apps you have to restrict what they can access. There is no way around this.

This has nothing to do with freedom though.

> You will need to give it access at least to your file-system.

On Qubes, you copy-paste with ctrl+shift+v/c and nothing is shared unless you actively do it yourself. It becomes a habit very quickly (my daily driver). Sharing files is a bit harder (you send them from VM to VM), but it's not as hard as you want it to look.