Fairphone is a solid first choice, anything secondhand and Nothing are suitable also. GSG Mobile Brand Ratings

All files are stored separately so even if you do load media manually without iTunes, they won’t show up or have any metadata or art. Source - have the iPod Touch 1st, 2nd and 7th gen

Not continue to demand. Not purchase the unethical Google, the low value Apple and the enshittified Samsung. By purchasing products from corrupt capital-obsessed corporations, people are signifying that they don’t care. The good news is that the amount of people choosing ethics over greed is increasing.
*capital as in monetary value, capitalism

Of course, the most problematic companies have income from so many integral sources that it’s impossible to fully boycott unless everyone along the chain does the same. Google’ primary income is advertising, so block all ads. Amazon’s is AWS, that serves internet for millions of systems, and the hardest to avoid.