taken a couple more tentative steps in my de-googling journey by switching up some of the apps on my phone.

Got F-droid which is really cool, although it feels like a different option to Google Play rather than a replacement, similar to switching TV channel or something.

Not that that's a bad thing. Using F-droid gave me that sort of happy hopeful feeling I vaguely remember from before tech was hollowed out and monetized to oblivion