Here is my personal example: I made my choices a long time ago…
I ditched ANY:
M$ related product/service;
ALL Meta (as in Wazaaap);
closed source apps;
i have 0 IoTs around my ass, but a nice computer infrastructure built in more than a few decades;
no friends around with i Phones …
AND still I need to do so much about privacy and my life in general and I continue to learn & apply as much as I can…
Also, I kindly invited and explained others why I choose to ditch products/software/companies/people that do not respect Humans in general and consider all of as as being just dumb “assets”…
Indeed it feels lonely sometimes, but i prefer the silence rather than noise/propaganda/parotting/or really any kind of bullshit.
I’m using /e/ os for more than 3 years on different devices (with some customizations) and it works like a charm. An important aspect is that you can install e on any phone that has the bootloader unlock and supports GSIs - theoreticaly any device that runs Android > 9
Not if you have everything “on premises” under your control and doing the hard work of keeping that infrastructure up and running. Yeah, that is a lot of effort, but still doable!
Someone asked me: Does it worth it? I let you answer that question yourself 🙂