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I don’t know. I’m a tinkerer but if we think about phone ecosystem, then I just want my phone to work and not spy on me. I’ll tinker with my other devices, but after bricking one phone, I won’t do it again.

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The tinkering doesn't have to be invasive or risky. I share your worry and am rather scared of breaking anything because of the amount of work I put into the configuration. My solution is to root very early on, just after testing everything and making sure I don't want to make sure of my 14 day return right, so if something goes wrong there I don't lose data. After that, I use root for all sorts of things, but after configuring everything I don't do invasive things like installing different ROMs or removing system apps or so.

Indeed. The other thing I learned after having a Windows Mobile phone for years: I don't need every latest app either. I want my phone to take calls, texts, emails, pictures, and I am mostly good to go.

I switched to an iPhone recently, but I'm not really engaging heavily with Apple's services or ecosystem.

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