That's going a bit far. You can just opt out of the apps as well? I don't have either of those. I don't use Google Fit (or whatever that broken thing is called

That's going a bit far. You can just opt out of the apps as well? I don't have either of those. I don't use Google Fit (or whatever that broken thing is called these days). True, my phone can track my position and steps etc. - but I made every effort to opt out of bullshit and to not opt in into worse things (aka .. Strava etc.). A phone is problematic these days. But I do believe that it mostly does what you want it to. People just love to share their lives online?