I'm in the process of trying to de-Google my life. Apart from being forced to use Google at my workplace I want nothing to do with them other than google searches. I have 4 Gmails though, a few personal and a few for etc sites. I was thinking about setting up a forwarder for all to 1 email account. Any recommendations for a dumb phone? I know Google and Android phones go hand in hand.
It's a long process, but I did it about 5 years ago (moved to Fastmail).
Buy your own domain, attach it to Fastmail (or use your direct @fastmail address if you don't want to own the domain). Then have Fastmail IMAP fetch the mails from your gmail addresses.
Create a filter that shows you which mails come from gmail-sourced accounts and go through it every once a while, visit those sites and change the addresses. It's a slow process but that way you won't lose any important emails.
I think my Gmail address is used by one store that refuses to give users the option of changing the email :D And they have loyalty bonuses that carry over between years so I can't be bothered to create a new account.
Currently using a Kyocera DuraXE. It's great and still has a very inconvenient to use subset of the functionality you might miss from a smart phone. I bought it because I needed hotspot tethering for work. However, I've recently read that the Light Phone II has that feature and is even dumber of a phone, so might switch over to that.
Previously I was getting by fine with a pre-paid LG flip phone and buying around $100/yr of minutes/service from TracFone.
