Yeah, but Android doesn’t make me constantly enter my password to do basic things. Also, Apple takes away a lot of control from their consumers.

I’ll take the phone that isn’t dumbed down tyvm

Ideally you shouldn’t have to compromise. GrapheneOS without Google is an option.

It literally isn't - Graphene only supports Google Pixel phones.

You’ve apparently missed the point. Graphene exists solely to harden security and privacy by disabling the googly parts of the phone. That is clearly what was meant by “without Google”

And how do you know there aren't hardware level trackers in Google's chips? Do you trust them that much?