A part of that is due to the fact that you now only have one company to worry about collecting data, rather than both the manufacturer(think Samsung) and then Google too.

They also play the best with options like Grapheneos or Calyxos

Behind NewPipe it would be Gadgetbridge and Feeder

Nice widget and to-do list!

Working for me (liftoff)

Genshin impact, when not killing time here or reading articles elsewhere.