It's worth point out that on many microcontrollers (STM32's at least), configuring a pin as a "digital input" means that the signal is routed through a Schmitt trigger circuit that's built into the MCU.
This also means you'll want to ensure that any floating MCU pins are _not_ configured as digital inputs, as the Schmitt trigger circuit itself will waste power switching back and forth between high and low states constantly.
I don't think it's slop -- the sources are books and it doesn't read like slop -- but the sources are more worth reading. It's more like an undergrad trying to fill word count, without getting why this is interesting.
This also means you'll want to ensure that any floating MCU pins are _not_ configured as digital inputs, as the Schmitt trigger circuit itself will waste power switching back and forth between high and low states constantly.