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After all they were caught doing with iPhones, Apple and the CIA, why are you using one?
It’s my preference. Google spies just as much and they have phones. I don’t believe there’s an innocent company on the market. Even the cellular companies are guilty. The only way to be truly safe is not own a cell phone! So, if I’m going to own a phone it’s going to be what I like. I had three droids & I’ll never own them if they even have free cellular service. No comparison to me. Everyone must choose what they prefer.
You know there are privacy-focused operating systems for android phones, right? They are typically built on stock Android which is open-source and comes with no Google software whatsoever. It is not necessary to give up phones altogether just to have privacy.
https://odysee.com/@CryptoVigilante:b/How-The-Surveillance-Device-In-Your-Pocket-Is-Spying-On-You:4
Maybe it’s changed since I had three consecutively. IDK 🤷🏼♀️ just saying this experience. I had to have Gmail to have an account on the phone. That was about 2008. Before that I never had Gmail. They all had the google play store to get apps.
The two distros that I'm familiar with are GrapheneOS and LineageOS. Neither come with google anything, but the catch is you have to have a phone with an unlocked bootloader, which can be a pain in the ass to find, then you have to download and flash the OS manually over a USB cable. Once its loaded you can use F-droid in place of Google Play to download apps.