I just fixed my uncle's phone. constant barrage of ads by a malicious app.
It's an android.
I'm accepting the fact that if one just wants a phone, someone who doesn't want to learn what's under the hood.
Just get an iPhone.
It's idiot proof. and I mean this in a good way. IF you don't know what you are doing just get an iPhone.
Free market is not for you. you need to be in a safe and gated environment.