Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
I use GraphineOS and LineageOS without Google Play Services. They are great and are suitable replacements for Apple and Google.<p>- Osmand(FOSS) for maps (supports being fully offline!)<p>- Signal and Discord for messaging (Discord is sandboxed)<p>- Newpipe(FOSS) for Youtube<p>- F-droid(FOSS) for my FOSS appstore<p>- APKmirror for the few non-free apps I need<p>- Libretorrent(FOSS) and VLC(FOSS) for watching movies<p>- Firefox(FOSS) and Vanadium(FOSS) for browser<p>- K9 Mail(FOSS) for email<p>- Infinity(FOSS) for Reddit<p>- Secur(FOSS) for 2FA<p>- Taskkeeper(FOSS) for reminders<p>Almost everything you need is in the F-droid FOSS app repository. It all works, and it works well. You can buy a used Pixel 3a for around $80 on Ebay and have a better experience in every category than iOS, hardware and software.<p>The only limitation is push notifications, which isn't a problem because FOSS apps like Signal bundle their own notification system that does not use Google Play Services. Discord however, does not get push notifications (which I wouldn't want anyway)