is this not something you could sandbox under another user?

that’s good to know! i almost bricked a few phones back in the day when installing custom ROMS was crucial for a solid UX on android

funnily enough, I’m using almost all those apps already!

yeah, contactless pay bums me out a bit, but I use cash a lot more nowadays to support local business. I’ve moved so many things away from Google after selling my soul to them when they were “do no evil”, and it was just so daunting. But after a year of fully moving things over, it’s so much better. FOSS apps are designed better, half the time, and privacy is always a plus!