Thanks again for your help. Things seem to be working, although the Switch isn't finding my Sony earbuds.Awesome!
Yeah, Hekate is it’s own rabbit hole to dive into. Topic for another time.
As for ban risks, it’s kinda like risk reduction, rather than 100% prevention. The only safe switch is a completely unmodified switch. Anything you do with a CFW afterwards introduces some amount of risk. I’ve had good luck being online with exosphere which gives me a blanked out prodinfo and a hosts file that prevents me from hitting most (known) Ninty servers. I use themes and Themezer and tinfoil shops. It’s worked GREAT for me so far but YMMV. Chose your own risks wisely.
But the update seems to have been successful.