I already tried to install those, they're too old to even install. Thanks for the reply anyway.

I would practice soldering at least a few times before trying it on the phone, but at this point you don't really have a choice. Moving forward buy a phone like the Asus Zenphone10 which has the battery glued shut but the back is plastic which would make it far easier to remove than a glass back phone. And bonus this phone has a headphone jack as well.

True, but might as well put up a good fight while we're at it.

True, but things like banking and e-commerce are another very large part of the things people do on the Internet, and those are more likely to follow along than not.

Honestly I am in the same boat, but big banks still make a large portion of the banking system and I don't why the smaller banks wouldn't just follow along.

It'll be next to impossible when those websites are your bank and Netflix etc.

Time to De-Google I guess. I will keep using Firefox and if or when I come across any website pulling this crap I won't hesitate to blast them to eternity. I suggest everyone else do the same please.

Google is actively trying to drive people like me away. I have been trying my hardest to keep using Android, if Google keeps this up I might have to unwillingly move to Apple. At least they do more than just pretend to care about their users' privacy.

Yes, but the idea is that because the code is open source anyone can look at it and determine on their own whether it is in fact safe or not. Generally speaking the open source community is very good at figuring this kind of stuff out but I would say your fear is not necessarily out of place since nothing is 100% guaranteed. That said though, the more popular FOSS apps are quite safe.

Very cool, seems very promising.

Happy to help, glad you figured it out.

Oh! true, completely slipped my mind. Install it in another PC or use an M.2 enclosure with USB C to partition it and clone the original.