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I thought the more important point is whether airplane mode really makes your phone ping the towers. If it has any cellular connection, it is obvious there would would be triangulation.

Yeah, fair. Still, Graphene was very easy to install and I think that my mom would've been able to use the web installer.

At least Android has degoogled variants.

Well, there was a strip that ends with Calvin touching his rear and saying "What a grouch". So while I don't think he consistently gets corporal punishment, his mom can get mad enough to lose control.

I would never be able to afford Apple tech even if I somehow didn't mind using a phone I cannot install arbitrary apps on. So yeah, no idea. I use RiMusic on my Android, but the downloads happen on the laptop with yt-dlp.

I guess profiles also help?

That is exactly what I do. A client on the phone for discovery on the go, later yt-dlp on the laptop and proper tagging.

I am doing just that. I indeed use Youtube Music for discovering and downloading new tracks, but alos yt-dlp every video I like. Because I am afraid Youtube might at some point be taken away, like loginwalled.

At least Youtube Music can be used with third-party clients.

Yeah, they're kind of even doing the opposite with the control freak mindset, such as being hostile to third-party clients or even distribution outside of Play Store! (seriously, the apk download is hidden by a dark pattern)

Closed-source and not available on most people's computers.

And what's just as important - not as resilient.