Maybe I am too olde skool !
I would not purchase any vehicle if it needed to connect to the internet or be of Chinese Origin - especially Boom Whistle whizzz Bang BYD !
Some people are just sheeple well maybe they just don't have the knowledge to understand what Big Tech are doing although if they watch enough scifi movies they might start to get an idea but in the real world its 1000's of times worse !
I do own a Smart phone a Samsung Android Phone A51, no it doesn't use any data except when in the house potentially, I don't ever use any browser, Gmail etc or any apps that try and use data. I use the phone book app, Photo taking app, Photo Gallery app, Phone call app, Text message app and that's about it. People say whats the point of having a smart phone. why dont you just get a keypad phone and I say well basically I like the phone book app over the keypad versions and it has a reasonable camera for taking pics. Oh and I have never put my Bank Card details into my phone as I don't trust it to be secure enough ever !
Maybe this is why I also don't use MS Windows since after 2016 (alas Win 7 64 Pro was the best window ever), Yup Linux was tough back then and although its easy peezy like Windows now with so many DE's available unlike the locked down MS Windows 10,11 and the OS is not a personal data sucking OS or that you will be forced to use AI etc so that it can collect every minuscule piece of personal data that it might have missed before and Linux won't try and get you to store any of your personal data on its cloud servers so it can troll them at its leisure or try to lock you into paying a charge when you when you go beyond 5Gb cloud storage of stored data !
Go go go system76 with POP-OS - The Windows games I play via PROTON in Steam on my 7950X with 6950XT GPU are just as good as it would be in Windows and without any Kernel accessing Anti-Cheat software hooks with potential security issues either !