@DadeMurphy Android is becoming just as walled. I love my Sony phone, would not consider any other brand, but I avoid using Google's services because they either screw with them or shut them down; by default you're led to Drive and Google cloud storage, even the default photo and file manage is now Google.

Sony are the last refuge for me - headphone jack, SD card slot, no front camera hole or notch, but it also won't let me uninstall apps that came with the phone like Facebook 😠