You cannot escape big tech if you want a cell phone. All you can do is switch which big tech company you are dealing with. I just got rid of Apple and got an Android. "Nord Oneplus". Had never heard of the manufacturer, but it was cheap. $299.
If U want to stay with a smartphone, see Copphead/Rattlesnake/LineageOS hardened Android variants (w/o Google Mobile Services) detailed above in my other post.
You cannot escape big tech if you want a cell phone. All you can do is switch which big tech company you are dealing with. I just got rid of Apple and got an Android. "Nord Oneplus". Had never heard of the manufacturer, but it was cheap. $299.
While you cannot escape it, you can lessen it.
With a smartphone they track everything.
With a dumb phone only your approx network location, SMS and calls.
The privacy intrusion with a smartphone is an order of magnitude worse.
I assumed we were talking about smartphones. Of course you could get a Jitterbug if that works for you.
If U want to stay with a smartphone, see Copphead/Rattlesnake/LineageOS hardened Android variants (w/o Google Mobile Services) detailed above in my other post.