You don't need a google account to use an android phone, there are fantastic open source apps on f-droid, and you can even access the play store without a googl

You don't need a google account to use an android phone, there are fantastic open source apps on f-droid, and you can even access the play store without a google account using aurora store. If you have root you can fully degoogle (PITA but gratifying), even without it's a big privacy upgrade to just disable the google apps and log out of google.