Well that’s cool:). Remove the profit motive/surplus goes a long way to slow down evil.

+1 for yunohost, the best hands down!

Your emails are already scanned by Gmail at that point, so you’re defeating the purpose

One easy way to start is not by doing it all at once. Start by avoiding the Playstore and using fdroid instead. On your main OS replace proprietary software with foss alternatives. Once you get comfortable with that, THEN you can make the next steps. It doesn’t have to happen overnight, but you’ll be heading in the right direction:)

Of course this is true, but moving to a privacy respecting OS, like linux or buying a phone w a custom ROM installed goes a long, long way to improving the situation.