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Reduce e-waste - increase #privacy - save money.
Before you chuck out that old (android) phone no longer supported by the manufacturer, consider diverting it from landfill AND take a big step forward in de-googling your life by flashing a third party ROM to it!
It is not as hard or techy as it sounds. My old Samsung S10e was on Android 11 and no longer getting updates. Now, it is running a de-googled (ie, it does not phone home) Android 14 and gets fortnightly updates. MUCH better ...
I also bought a new battery online for AUD$80 and swapped the old one out. Now I have a phone that looks and feels new, and holds a charge much longer than before due to the vast reduction in telemetry reporting.
If I can do it anyone can. :-)
Hint - a degoogled phone and Linux on the laptop comes in mighty handy when the viruses and spy-ware are written for Windows and Android.
[Edit: minor typos and addition of 'money' to the intro]