And that's why Google/Alphabet ought to be split up.

Don't forget mobile unless you are firmly in Apple camp with iPhone and iPad devices. You can switch to Apple ecosystem but then the overall cost in the end may be more than the chargeback amount.

It is a pain to install apps and use an Android phone with play services installed but not logged in.

Aurora Store should help a lot. (And also F-Droid!)

...or just create another Google account in a fake name.

>just create another Google account in a fake name.

You seriously think that the company that knows more about you than most intelligence agencies can't tell if you're hoodwinking them?