Google owes its existence to the open web, but today, its technological “innovations” have much to do with locking users into a “walled garden.” The latest of these is “reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification,” an experimental initiative that will let companies block users if they are running independent, “de-googled” versions of Android.
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Linked from that article is the story of how Google have given users session logs to us law enforcement at their request only and without warrant, they had also not notified the user.
It’s a totally unregulated and scary as hell.
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There will always be ways to get around screwgle’s insiduous activities. I have been experimenting with containerised linux desktop using pockr on a couple of sony’s. One of which is an iode Gsi install, the other iode custom rom, and both are testing ok. Desktop completely neutralises android dependencies and provides users with a full range of hacking tools for getarounds and work arounds that are just not available for android users.
Running desktop alpine linux (aarch64), with pockr uses less than 1Gb of storage and appears to run as fast as android or so it seems. All the alternative linux solutions I have tried come with snags attached although TBF I haven’t tried them all yet, but this seems to be the best option for future proofing against schmoogle I have tried so far. Be nice to see iode becoming the first hybrid CR on the scene offering an integral linux desktop environment isolated from the big tech giants.
Nice, but that’s not going to be a viable solution for the average unskilled person. 
I dunno Taurus, it certainly isn’t something that is ready to go in a plug and play form for the masses but assuming you are familiar with the linux terminal, it’s not that difficult. The Pockr .apk installs a dashboard with a terminal from which you can install the container and then offers links to images of busybox or alpine for you to download and install inside your container. This is Pockr v1.0.0 so you might have to wait a while for your preferred distro to be officially supported but theoretically there’s nothing to stop you from downloading and installing any aarch64 based distro of your choice. I have a little alpine experience already so I’m ok with that as it is regarded to be the go to choice for most container applications mainly due to its minimalist RISC-V architecture. So lots of support and ‘how to’s’ on the net if you feel you might be getting out of your depth.