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That sounds like iOS? Only Apple apps have access to all the system level capabilities and you can't replace any of the system apps, not even the browser.

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It would be fair if one were to conclude that I don't like iOS. But my comment made a few different points, including about google's app quality, not only forcing default apps but also disallowing user choice where it should exist in a pervasive, hard to see way (for the end user), and invasive tracking.

Frankly, over the last week I have been looking into whether there is a relatively straightforward way to write an app for a mobile linux, because I am at the point I am willing to get rid of several common apps, such as banking apps, to get off this nauseating hamster wheel.

We have the technology for virtual machines, and phones are pretty beefy these days. where's my Linux phone hypervisor with android guest?

There is Anbox, which just uses the same kernel for Linux and Android. But it is incomplete and not very active. Basically, we don't even need a hypervisor, but apparently it's still not easy.

https://github.com/anbox/anbox

Did you know about Waydroid? It's still at a relatively early stage, but it rocks!

https://waydro.id/

no forum about Android is complete without somebody blaming Apple

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