[Beltalowda]

Personally I dislike – even resent – having to own a device I don't like, that I don't control (not without extensive hackery, which I don't have the interest or time for), and where I have to create accounts and accept various EULAs I don't like to use basic functionality.

Of course, you can go the Replicant/PostmarketOS/etc. or Purism/PinePhone or whatnot route, but then you're missing out on so many things and/or have to spend so much time on things (not worth it for me) that you might as well not get a smartphone. A smartphone is greatly reduces in value if your banking app and $popular_messenger_app doesn't work. And besides, it only solves part of the problem: I still have a device too large to comfortably use, in spite of being quite tall with big hands.