Did amazon finally run out of warm bodies to run through their meat grinder? I can’t believe no one wants to pee in bottles and get pipped after 6 months.

Thats not correct. Iphones and androids are never truly off. There are a few privacy focused phones by small makers with hardware switches for each radio. You can run android or linux on them.

Tor browsers, vpns, no chrome, no google, no gmail.

kagi is the best search engine right now. hands down. google can suck it.

Ubuntu touch works on pixel 3s. It was incredibly easy to install. I set aside an afternoon to make it work, and I was done in line 15 minutes. I was shocked. It has some rough edges but its usable. The biggest issue is the lack of apps. Also, i couldnt figure out the sandboxing thing that lets you run any limux app. I think maybe the UI had some bugs or something, it wasnt very intuitive.