That’s what I’ve done for my last few phones. Aside from a battery issue that got replaced on a “recall” of sorts, my pixel 4XL has been running strong for years now. Haven’t bought a brand new phone for well over a decade now

What do you use in place of GApps? F-droid?

Also, what’s the flashing process like these days? Does it still wipe everything or is there a way to save all the personal stuff?

Oooorrr we could not do all that and let parents do their jobs. How about we empower them to learn how to setup parental controls on their routers and on the kids devices?

The IP thing backfires when you inevitably get assigned a new IP and the guy down the street now can’t look at his porn anymore because the website blocked the IP

You don’t NEED to give a shit. It’s their hardware, they can do as they see fit with it. If you don’t like it then don’t use it. It really is that simple. You can be as indignant as you want, but the answers that many have already given you in this regard will still ring true.

Use it as is, or don’t use it at all. Those are your options. Get over it.

And for fucks sake, stop giving everyone here a bunch of attitude just because you don’t like how the real world is.