Just buy a phone that doesn’t include tracking features

Such as?

I've looked, and I can't find one. The best I found are:

• PinePhone/Librem 5 - basic phone features don't work properly (crap battery life, can't use all carriers in the US, audio sucks)
• FairPhone - not directly available in the US (can get from reseller)
• alternative Android ROM GrapheneOS/LineageOS/Calyx/DivestOS

I went with a Google Pixel 8 w/ GrapheneOS. I don't have any of fancy AI features that Google advertises because they all rely on Google Play services (no thanks), but it works competently as a phone, has 7+ years of promised SW support, and gets a decent repair score (not perfect, but everything important seems serviceable).

I'm coincidentally looking at buying a newer car, and everything has spyware, so I'll definitely be ripping out whatever phone home devices they have. This means no remote start, probably no navigation (though navigation doesn't need to phone home), and a bunch of other modern features won't work. But I don't get the option to get one w/o it w/o getting an older car, so I guess that's what I need to do. So I plan to rip apart the car to remove the SIM or antennas, or at least remove their power.

I wish there were actual privacy-respecting options available, but I guess this is the world we live in now...