"At some point there won't be a choice." Well, that's the situation with Google isn't it? Every new iteration of Android is more proprietary than the previous

"At some point there won't be a choice." Well, that's the situation with Google isn't it? Every new iteration of Android is more proprietary than the previous one thus more difficult to tailor to one's needs. Leaving aside all Google's spyware issues, since Android 10 just doing basic things on Android such as copying files to my SD card has become essentially impossible. Google's scoped storage is a disaster—designed in the name of security but in practice it's another step by Google to reign in control of the OS. At this rate, it won't be long before users have no control whatsoever over their phones.