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I don't disagree with your assertion on steps, to be clear, just that you aren't answering the actual question. How can you trust Pollan (I'm not saying you can't, just...that's the core question the OP was asking).
It's terrifying actually.
Tapes can burn. Give me multi-location online/nearline disk storage any day.
Not that I'd ever do something like that.
There's a ton of value in 'just static pages', and if you do more than 1, not writing your own HTML is pretty great.
So, for many, it's just installing the app and it's collecting/signaling with their permission. Independently, your phone transmits on bluetooth frequencies with a MAC, and that MAC is unique to your phone, so while it might not be linked back to you by a specific app, other apps might report (say, they play bluetooth audio or something), and get indexed and correlated elsewhere.
https://www.skyhook.com check out something like this for more info...
This is a positive thing for the life of your battery, but if you do want to disable it, there's a setting in System Settings - click the 'i' in the circle next to Battery Health, and turn off 'Optimize Battery Charging' there.