ScoffingLizardCan we Degoogle ourselves using an iphone rather than droid? Android is my big hangup right now.
No.
But you may consider rooting/installing a custom ROM.
Doesn’t rooting disable a bunch of apps?
Yes, and now with this Play Integrity thing is activated, it will comprise probably all of the apps from Google Play in time. Not for rooting but for ROMs, this is probably bypassable with more targeted ROMs, like GrapheneOS but I reckon that will cause a decrease in the ROM count.