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    6 hours ago

    Use alternative browsers (Safari, Firefox) and alternative platforms (iOS, GrapheneOS).

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        If it is the Android that comes with the phone, it comes with Google Play and Google Services libraries installed. It is tracking you already.

        If you want an Android that doesn’t track you all the time, listens to you and those around you, etc etc, you need to use a vanilla android like https://lineageos.org/ as it comes, and not install the Google Services packages. This means that you may not be able to use some bank apps or popular apps such as Uber, etc that heavily depend on Google Services. Some chat apps may also have a delay in receiving messages.

        Yes it sucks. It’s doable though. Welcome to the future. If we do nothing it will get even worse.