Buy a last gen Pixel used from a private seller maybe like on eBay and install GrapheneOS OS on it. If you don't want to mess with a lot of stuff, you can use the main profile for foss apps and open another user in which you install sandboxed Google Play services and gradually switch to foss apps more and more
Anything and everything else is objectively worse than an iPhone
What's wrong with Briar?
Only he kernel modules, not the whole driver like AMD
"Don't theme my app" is all about distro defaults. No one is arguing against user modifications as long as the users don't expect any official support for their custom stuff
My SIM provider has the option to not even router unknown callers to my device. Not that I get any, but just in case, even if it is not that common in Germany.
What some family of mine had to go through was social engineering harassment calls with some BS reasoning to get them to say "Yes"/"I agree" or something like that
I would really recommend you take a look at ProtonDB when it comes to troubleshooting like that, it is one of if not the best resources for that kind of stuff
Sounds more like a Freedombox problem for not supporting one of the best ways to run sevrer software ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
They joined that open washing company? ughhhh
Proton-GE is a 3rd party tool I always use when a game doesn't start with a Valve Proton version
Vanguard literally always spies on your PC from a most privileged location
I found virtual box so much more confusing than virt manager TBH. Also there is GNOME boxes which is just a pleasure for spinning up quick uncomplicated VMs
And that kids, is why we are pushing for Rust in the Kernel