Depends. When it comes to privacy they’re a step up from virtually all vanilla Android distributions. And if you care about things like NFC payments and banking apps working reliably (= not potentially breaking with an update to the app or OS) in general that’s your only option with Android. I’m not switching to a Pixel with Graphene, it just doesn’t do what I need my phone to do. I might switch to an iPhone if the EU actually manages to force them to cut the walled garden crap.

Let’s not beat around the bush here, he wants it to sprout fascist propaganda.

It’s pretty clear that OP’s daughter does feel like she’s missing out on things her friends are doing, that’s why she is asking. Social isolation doesn’t have to be total to be damaging to your mental health, especially if you’re an extrovert.

And bringing up “but in my time…” Yeah, no. Not a comparable situation. If everyone is on social media and you’re not, you’re going to be left out of at least some things, there’s just no way around it.

Two minutes (and you’re being very optimistic here, for someone who isn’t technically inclined it’s almost certainly going to be more) of required reading on a subject that’s just not even remotely interesting to 99% of people eliminates basically all non technical people. Because they just don’t care enough to devote that time. If that’s the user base you want, that works out, but I’d like people here who can hold a conversation about something other than Linux and Star Trek. It’s honestly kinda boring here.

None, and I haven’t in ages. No Google Wallet support is a dealbreaker.

As yet another 30-something year old I’ve never even seen a cheque. Is that a USA thing?

As claimed by MediaTek. I doubt they’re outright lying but I can guarantee you that the “up to” is doing a lot of heavy lifting.