use https://f-droid.org/packages/com.oasisfeng.island.fdroid/ (work profile) to isolate. and use a pay as you go number to register (rather than you commonly used one). do not grant any permission. set background restriction to strict. force stop it after every use. i think that would be enough

where did you moved to? i tried matrix but their android client (element) is terrible compare to telegram’s.

im using cloudflare doh as upstream. and setting my own dns server (dnsmasq) with ad block hosts on my router

the point of 4k is that you can make ui smaller and show more things

any lineage os supported device is enough, i think

gesture navigation is fine for me. but i more want stacking recent tasks back

i suggest to use a open source front end (such as newpipe). and use adayaw (a hosts based ad blocker) for the generic ads