[microtonal]

I hope you are not referring to the company that is pushing AI ads through their system settings, pushing Creator Studio subscription ads through the formerly non-shareware productivity tools, and pushing movie ads through their wallet?

Seriously, get a Pixel and install GrapheneOS, or maybe a Fairphone with LineageOS.

[catlikesshrimp]

"Seriously, get a Pixel and install..."

Ah, the Google tax. They can turn the lock of that door (bootloader) when they choose to do so.

[bushwart]

But they haven't yet, and if you refuse to give Google money directly there's always the secondhand market.

[sjamaan]

You'd still be walking around as a free advertiser for their stuff, simply by owning Google-branded hardware. And of course the hypocrisy of having a Google phone to avoid Google spying is palpable.

[bushwart]

I doubt people notice that sort of thing. Maybe whether you have an iPhone or an Android at most. Avoiding Google spying isn't the point of GrapheneOS anyway