I stopped two years ago, for ethical reasons though.

Even lineage OS isn’t available for my motorola g73, so I just removed all google apps, including google play services, via adb

They can tell them to cut it out, but they can’t tell them to cut it out in the name of the law, which they would be doing if they were dressed as a police officer at the time and didn’t specifically clarify.

Even if what you’re saying is true, and nowhere exists on Earth where there is a high quality of life, it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t aim to get there.