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instead of changing banks, change the phone and try grapheneos's google sandbox thing. i myself already gave up, have lineage and gapps installed, but i do block most of analitics with blokada. i also try to use foss as much as possible, but sometimes theres simply no alternative. in the end of the day, you need to reconsider if you really want to go with the full front assault, or just block most of the stuff.
I'm planning to buy a new phone in the next year or so and looks like pixel is a great option because of graphene. I wish it ran on my poco x3.
Graphene is in an interesting position as far as being the only majorly secure OS out of the box. So don't give up until you try it even on a 200 dollar Pixel 6 or a Pro version if you like larger screens.
Use a second profile for all your normie proprietary apps and google services. Then use your main profile for FOSS and privacy outside of work things. Easy to setup and install. No tweaking really out of the box. I've never had a major broken component even with banking apps. Its kinda like the shit just works. I hate its on pixel devices but I Understand why having a secure chipset. The absolutely only complaint I could muster with Gos is needing location to be inside main and secondary profile at the same time Google maps I don't know why. Beyond that. Its been flawless.
Edit: Don't let other persuade you down the rabbit hole of full self hosting and going crazy micromanaging things for perfection. It'll feel like a second job and lead to what you have which is fatigue of something you genuinely care about and rightfully so. If you need help once your on Gos. Message me. There needs to be less friction to achieve tasks not more or people just won't do it.
if you have x3 pro, you could also try divetos. its a linageos fork with more security. if you have the nfc, then you are out of luck.
Mine is the NFC one ..tough luck.