Yeah, just the Chinese aps do that shit. Regular Western apps always protect your data and would never misuse it in any way.

Thank you for your full explanation, kind stranger. Ill give it a good going over!

Cheers!

Thanks Man. Ill do some research.

The idea of getting outside of the Google ecosystem is intriguing. I have a pixel 8. Is there a website that I can go to to learn how to switch? My battery just drops like a stone.