Yes but there are other tradeoffs that are introduced. Carrier-specific ROMs, difficulty upgrading to new android versions, generally more malware found in the Play store [1] and non-privacy-centric defaults [2] aren't really great to see either.

I'm not looking to start another android vs iOS debate here. There's plenty of that online that I and others can reference. I'm more interested in seeing how people are finding alternatives or what privacy tradeoffs they are willing to accept to avoid Apple's recent photo scanning move.

[1]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.10088.pdf (PDF WARNING)

[2]: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/16/how-to-stop-google-maps-from....