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You can get a Pixel on credit from the Google store website and those models are unlocked.

You should try GrapheneOS. It has none of that bullshit, and you don’t need to pay $100 per month if you use a cheaper sub brand like Visible or Mint instead of main Verizon/T-Mobile.

You can keep your number when switching networks.

Have you tried a GDPR request?

Uss the Librewolf browser. You need to turn off reduceFingerprinting and turn on WebGL to make some sites work, but even then if you go to CreepJS you will see that compared to Chrome, there is much less information like battery level, actual core/RAM count, etc for sites to use. And the browser has uBlock Origin to block ads and trackers, although turn off the Quick Fixes list as it might break YT bot protection and shadowban comments.

It’s likely so they can block scraping and DDoSing from people behind a VPN by just banning their account.

It’s horrendously insecure. It can be hacked sliently by a hacker sending a crafted IPv6 packet to it (CVE-2024-38063). You should try Mint on it.