Swapping to a different operating system. Could be an Android fork like GrapheneOS, eOS, or something else. Could also be a Linux phone.
Only the former is ready for primetime, and it is the option that I chose. Fortunately we will be able to buy a phone that doesn’t give Google money in the future.
I do happen to run GrapheneOS on my phone, but I don’t think it actually does anything to hurt Google, even ignoring the fact that GrapheneOS currently only supports the pixel line of phones.
Running GrapheneOS is certainly more private, but as far as the Google Play Store is concerned, it’s not really much different than owning any other Android phone and just not using the google play store.
What would not “taking it” look like?
Swapping to a different operating system. Could be an Android fork like GrapheneOS, eOS, or something else. Could also be a Linux phone.
Only the former is ready for primetime, and it is the option that I chose. Fortunately we will be able to buy a phone that doesn’t give Google money in the future.
I do happen to run GrapheneOS on my phone, but I don’t think it actually does anything to hurt Google, even ignoring the fact that GrapheneOS currently only supports the pixel line of phones.
Running GrapheneOS is certainly more private, but as far as the Google Play Store is concerned, it’s not really much different than owning any other Android phone and just not using the google play store.