I've had a pixel phone since the release of the 4, and month after month they never cease to amaze me how much they seem to hate their customers. You are pretty much on a subscription service to use the basic functions of the phone AFTER you spend $600 on the phone itself. I've replaced these apps so far:

-Gmail > Protonmail -Chrome > Firefox -Home app > Nova -YT with RV

Now, I'm reaching out to see if anyone could recommend any trustworthy replacements for these apps, or ones that they would trust, to degoogle my phone as much as possible. Thanks in advance!

-Google Photos -Files -Messages (Crazy, but necessary) -Recorder (Mainly ties back to File browser issues)