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Governments identify dozens of Android apps bundled with spyware.
(www.ncsc.gov.uk)
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"Do you agree to share your information with 289 of our partners or opt out by going through a list and deselecting them one by one"?
Yeah any app that asks this is guaranteed spyware.
Also, use F-Droid as much as possible. It's not perfect but still miles better than the play store
F-Droid is my go-to for anything possible. If I find something I can selfhost and has an app, I make sure the app can be found in F-Droid (or even just an APK shipped in the repo that can be managed with Obtainium), or else I lose interest.