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>Stay on iOS 14 until Apple surrenders completely on this

Or vote with your wallet and abandon the Apple ecosystem. But nobody will because they don't have the bollocks.

More that I need a smart phone for work and life but there are no viable alternatives to iOS and Android, and I trust Apple slightly more than Google not to spy on me and use it against me

Literally this

On many Android devices you can flash an AOSP RON which is a very viable alternative

They're not a very viable alternative unless you plan on never trying to run any major/popular apps, because they all use Google Play Services APIs/libraries/toolboxes.

Install Google Play Services and Google gets whatever info they want from your phone.

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