Well, I was pretty much Goog free, until I had to get a new phone and plan and wanted to work on credit so I went for the "contract" route. T-Mobile had a deal I couldn't beat but I was stuck between getting an s24 and a pixel 8 if I wanted it paid for by them and I personally never had a pixel and like the native android experience so I folded. Before that I was a one plus guy and am probably going back to it once my contracts done. Also, not really having a lot of time in my days to form all my needs through alternative methods again I kinda caved to ease of use for now. Once this contracts done though, I'm gonna stick with proton for email, seek out a more privacy friendly phone plan and phone and invest in a comp for everything else and keep most of my stuff of the mobile. If I was more tech savvy and could unlock my pixel right now though id flash it with another OS, maybe kalyxos