I have an iPhone and don’t use the Gmail app. For a year or two I got a pathetic email from google saying “email is better with the gmail app!” Pretty sure google was sad I don’t have any of their apps on my phone

Point of the story is saying they already won in getting all your data is really what let’s them win.

If you use a VPN, which are getting more common, and stay away from using too many Google/Facebook products you’ll do pretty well.