How is a phone different to a TV or other electronic device? Also, providers are giant assholes, one of the only good things about apple and google becoming a d

How is a phone different to a TV or other electronic device? Also, providers are giant assholes, one of the only good things about apple and google becoming a duopoly and their gripes getting tighter is that they can say f** you to providers that just install bloatware on our devices with no concern for privacy, or even basic functionality.