Send me my ($0.30) fucking class action money now!
They don’t care. They don’t have to. They’re the phone company.
Dont. Use. Cell. Towers.
So, what’s the alternative if I’m not at home?
WiFi.
And if I’m not near a WiFi network that I have creds for?
Go to a public WiFi network? They’re everywhere. Drop the SIM and try it for a month, you’ll see.
90℅ of my calls and texts are on WiFi, either at work or home. But I do also get important calls when out and about, like on a road trip, between stores, etc. For purely outgoing calls and texts, sure, but WiFi only is really limiting.
I have a minimal plan with 1GB data and a few hundred min for $8/month or so, and I tend to use most of that. I intentionally limit it though so I don’t get used to always being on data.
But if your main concern is tracking your phone company tracking who you call, that’ll happen regardless of it behind on WiFi or on the towers. If you don’t use a phone number, that’s what end-to-end encryption is for. If you’re worked about location tracking, public WiFi has plenty of info, even if you disable location services. I don’t think cell towers add all that much risk.
My phone definitely doesn’t have anyone tracking my calls and location besides me. But you do need to remove google spyware, yes.
Man I was just planning on taking up stalking as a challenging new hobby but now they had to go and ruin it by making it too easy.
