To recap, as far as cell phones in US, their are only three carriers left. AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. No matter the company name, they are using one, or more of these networks. Many privacy advocates push Graphene OS as secure operating system. Only available on Pixels, I give them a hard NO, as google designed the hardware, I know they built in a “back door” to have access, so I would not use that OS. Instead I chose E/OD, and would only switch to a BRAX 3, I just chose a more cost effective option with memory expand ability. For PC I have tried Winx, Mint OS and Zorin, and settled on Mint OS for two reasons. Speed and reliability. It to me has the best mixture of both. Winx was a novel concept (with Win11, and Andriod OS emulators built in) but was too buggy for me, and I can do everything I desire on Linux without Windows or Android. Also the 35.00 charge was a factor (for lifetime premium feature) and would have chose that if it was less buggy, and more transparent in support and lifespan. That is my experience, and no turning back to MS or Google for me. After a month now, have noticed a dramatic drop in spam and BS emails. A phone and computer without such distractions really has made computing a joy again. FB marketplace is the only resource I wish I could use, but not worth the “META” intrusion, I just will ask a friend to interface if looking for local item to search for me and relay info. The only way I could be more private minded is switch to VOIP data only SIM on phone, but I will let govt/techno overreach dictate if that is worth the extra step required with the switch. If you wish to learn more here are some great resources to learn
Google Rob Braxman for his video’s, excellent ex-plainer of privacy and the “attacks” on it via technocrat companies.