[Is there far too much meaningless interaction in FM?]

It may do something under the hood but to the end user most of it is repetitive and superfluous.  My dad hates it, always has.  His biggest pet peeve is that the options you get are never what you want to say or are so bland/similar it's pointless even doing it.

FMT (for those evangelists) has more limitations for me than the full game has annoying functions to me, tried it every year it's been there hoping it would satisfy but it always fails.

[What's your manager name?]

Either my real name or Raphael Santos, journeyman Brazilian manager.

[SSD on FM]

Samsung EVO is a very good and reliable SSD, it won't affect FM massively but can be very useful for other work.  You might find this useful: https://photographylife.com/nvme-vs-ssd-vs-hdd-performance