Just buy a Chinese phone in China. They don't have GMS so they will not be affected by the upcoming change. Of course Play integrity checks will fail like on any other alternative OS.

Do they run AOSP? Then, they must obey the Google's long-term development strategy. This is why I use a phone with GNU/Linux.

yeah, some big name like huawei also already have flagship

Lol. It's about choosing the devil you're most comfortable with. I bet Apple and Google have theirs too.

This post is about avoiding Apple and Google, so you've got some false dichotomy here. I bet my phone has no backdoor from them or China.

Alright, if you say so.

There are several VSCode based AI editors. I use Trae from Bytedance.

Which of these projects will keep up-to-date with the original VSCode? (e.g. apply user-hostile changes that Microsoft pushes)

AtomGit

This site sucks on mobile. can't upload full text files? why no prepared texts to start reading right away?