Phone OS Advice

First off appologies if this is not clear or if it’s been answered already, I’m not too sure how to word it.

My threat model is mostly surveillance capitalism from big tech companies, I’ve been trying to reduce how much data big tech has on me but I still feel somewhat comfortable using them. I’m using firefox with the settings recommended from PG and duckduckgo / brave as a search engine along with other things.

I’ve been looking all over PG but seem to be getting mixed messages and I’m unsure how to progress with this.
I’ve been looking at getting a new phone at some point soon and I was thinking of getting an ios device as the features available for privacy seem more straight forward and easier to impliment (ADP, shortcuts for metadata etc. mostly going off PGs recommendations here as I assumed this would help me decide the best choice for me) However I’ve seen a lot of mixed messages and a lot of people recommend stock android or grapheneOS. This might be ignorant of me but I’d rather not use grapheneOS as much as I want to get away from big tech I trust them more when it comes to mobile OS.

Is there a comparison table or a website to compare grapheneOS, ios and stock android.

If you are a tech savvy individual, then Graphene OS can and is a better option for you for superior privacy and security protections. It is well made, easy to use, and stable. Don’t get lost in the discourse on this as everyone may have strong opinions on their own preferences for their own reasons.

But if you are not as tech savvy and want the easiest option - then iPhone is the way to go. But if you truly want to get away from big tech, it would behoove you to avoid Apple too as they are becoming enshittified at a rate higher than before and will continue to keep up with supposed tech industry changes and demands for AI going forward.

My recommendation is to still go with GrapheneOS and I say that as a current iPhone user. My next one is going to be it later this year.

Comparision:

https://softwarecompare.org/charts/operating-systems

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