> Nearly every Android in existence gives Google remote root access to everything on the device. That's the point. You're choosing a phone, not among all Andro

> Nearly every Android in existence gives Google remote root access to everything on the device. That's the point. You're choosing a phone, not among all Android phones at random (or worse, all smartphones at random, which by virtue of including iOS worsens your odds). Even Android phones made by Google are usable with a DNS block on google.com (as long as you manually sideload OS updates), removing Google's remote root.