Samsung Phone users:
https://hackaday.com/2020/01/09/spyware-discovered-on-all-samsung-phones/
not much you can do about this (I won't recommend anybody inexperienced rooting their phone)
@Dane - it can, but many of the conveniences you use it for cannot. Want ready-when-you-are navigation? No.
Want to not bother remember phone numbers? only on iPhones.
Want SM? no
Want to look something up? no, unless using DDG.
Email? no
Fitness Tracking? no
Games? no
Banking? hell no
Camera? no
Music? only if it's stored on-device