I can empirically say, that just switching from stock to a degoogled ROM gave me a significant battery boost. I have no idea what that thing was doing in the background, but it’s already doing a lot less of that.
For microG… Until UnifiedPush becomes more widespread the choice between having your notifications go through FCM and halving your battery life is going to be a tricky one.
And you think degoogling offers no obvious benefits in terms of privacy?
GrapheneOS wins, but whether iOS is more private than CalyxOS or /e/OS I think is very gray, and depends on the threat model, and on most devices they are going to be a significant improvement in privacy, and often security, over stock Android.
And privacy may not be the only consideration when choosing a device.
Since my threat model includes mainly surveillance capitalism (and no evil maids or targeted attacks) I don’t particularly feel like trusting a big tech that’s running their own targeted advertisement system.
I have read this several times, and still have no clue what you’re trying to say.
That seems like an overly black and white position over something that can be either quite valid or entirely nonsense depending on the situation and/or threat model.
AFAICT currently Tolino is just a rebranded Kobo.