Someone needs to make an Android phone that doesn't have Google data collection.
The Fairphone 2 had Android without Google as an option, and the upcoming FP3 is supposed to get this, too, though not right from launch.
The thing is, in practice Google's package of app store, apps and background mobile services have become quite essential, at least to someone who expects their Android phone to be able to do the things that modern smartphones normally can do. You may still be able to get your apps from some alternative app store, or some more or less trustworthy repository. But that is not enough when some app that is critical to you requires Google's services to locate you on the map, process some payments, or check the phone's system integrity for security reasons (as banking apps like to do). There are attempts to create alternative "Google services without Google" (microG), but it is a lot of work, far from complete, and a moving target - you never know what changes, new features and dependencies Google will introduce next.
Someone who opts out of Google on Android needs to be willing to search for workarounds when apps don't work, and to accept that apps can stop working with any update, and that there won't be any help from support. The Fairphone makers stated that only 5% of their customers went that route.
On the bright side, someone who is savvy enough not to be deterred by such prospects is not dependent on manufacturers providing a phone without Google - they can pick
any phone that can install LineageOS and leave off Google.
