"Can I buy a phone that doesn’t use anything from Google or Apple?"
No Steve, you cannot. Because the free market decided for you long before you were given any chance to "vote with your wallet".
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2019/jul/04/can-i-buy-a-phone-that-does-not-use-anything-from-google-or-apple
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