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Maybe he just ditched the idea of the smartphone all together.

I know some people who have.

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Ge...

It is not system-wide, but does extend to Safari View Controllers.

I never encountered an ad on my iPhone since I installed a Safari ad blocker (I don't use any ad-supported free games/applications).

I've found that it doesn't work on SVC. Meaning when I open a link in say twitter ads will still show up but if I open it in safari ads are gone.

I wish I could install a proper FOS OS on my phone with a proper FOS package manager that allows me to install FOSS.

I would get myself two phones. The main one using FOSS exclusively. The other dedicated to the people who refuse to ditch WhatsApp for Signal.

Does Signal still require Google Play Services?

If you have Google Play Services installed, it will try to use it. If you don't, you can install the apk from here https://signal.org/android/apk/ which should auto update. Their permissions list is still kind of whack and everyone else on android except you is going to have Google in between every message so...