Probably the crDroid settings that lets you customize Android the way you want it

Good shout! I hadn’t been keeping up with that. Not sure whether they need the loads of security update it comes if it’s just a burner phone. I was aiming towards the degoogling process which is rather easy

I had a great experience with crDroid on the 1+ 7 Pro. Had Lineage too, it’s just more bareboned

In quickest phones to degoogle is probably one of Google’s Pixel a series using GrapheneOS. 6a is pretty affordable or just a normal 6 since they’re pretty old by now. OnePlus 6 or 7 is also really easy to degoogle using custom ROMs like crDroid and LineageOS.

I’ve had the OnePlus 7 Pro for years and really enjoyed it. A lot of screen, decent cameras and no camera punch hole! They go for about €75 to €100 around here. The Pixel 6 series seem to be going for the same prices for the Pro, which has very good cameras.

Isn’t google auth an OTP service? Proton Pass also supports that btw! Haven’t heard about Ente before and what purpose it replaces a gallery with, but again you can upload and view photos to Proton Drive as well. Although I have not yet tried it myself because I like to keep them local.

Kagi is one of the search engines I actually trust, but it is paid. I can give you trial if you want to try it out. Oh and it being US based might also be drawback.

Pretty solid list I’d say!

Even Germany beats America in public transport and that already was a low bar