I am talking about libraries that offload app functions so that the devs don’t have to do everything from scratch. The apps will not function without it. That will work for apps that don’t rely on those libraries, like a calculator, but if you do use apps that do, you have to choose function vs privacy.

How much data you can control vs how much you will lose is a personal decision, but I bet a lot of people going for privacy do not realize how little they get for the functionality they give up ;)

For example, I don’t have a ring camera, but enough of my neighbors do so I don’t gain much privacy there. I use add blocker in my browser, but I am still easy to profile due to canvas, browser window size, time if day, etc. I don’t have a new car so my car doesn’t have cellular uplink, but a third party manages the license plate readers and traffic light cameras for the city and they can sell that data to anyone.