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It all depends on what you value.
If you want the fastest phone for the lowest price, then you're buying into those shady business practices and something akin to slave labor. (Not to sound judgey, I've bought my share of iPhones and galaxies too)
But if you want a phone that won't contribute to a landfill as soon, was made by people paid a fair wage, where any hardware failure doesn't make you start over with a new phone. Then try something like a fairphone. Specs aside, you're paying for a different set of features.
Just to add to this, the price doesn't highlight the Total Cost of Ownership well...
My Fairphone 3+ has been getting updates for years and I also bought a replacement battery (at the same time I bought the phone) to ensure that it lasts for many more years to come.
And I'm SIM-Only, so not paying longterm to a phone company
Cost/Lifetime is probably lower than a mainstream phone (I'll actually do the calculation one day)