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I once refused to buy an iPhone because of Apple’s closed ecosystem and legal battles with competitors. And, well…
I used to be the same way, and I believed in Google's vision of "don't be evil" and making a mobile os that unified all kinds of devices all around the world. But now I'm finally considering getting the next iphone as Google makes it clearer every day that their products exists to comodotize me and my data (and also now I've gotten to a place in life where I can afford buying into apples closed ecosystem)
I'd just install custom ROMs with no google crap in them, like LineageOS.
Then grab stuff from F-Droid.
There's a "sustainable" phone out there I forget what it's called but when I get a new phone I'm thinking of switching
I refused to buy an iPhone because they got rid of the headphone jack, didn't support external storage alongside what you said as well. Good thing Android didn't let me down ... well ...