> "Avoid Google. Don't buy Google products, especially their phones."

Ironically their phones are the best way to avoid this shit, because they are one of the few that properly support securely installing de-googled Android Versions.

Agreed, ironic. I recently switched my Pixel to Graphene

I was already de-googled before I switched to Pixels, but used LineageOS on chinese devices with a hellish bootloader-unlock experience and wanted better security.

I hope the OEM GrapheneOS is in contact with makes a better alternative.