a tablet without any accounts

The key to avoiding spyware is to not use any of the things that bring it in. I bought a new tablet as a media consumption device: books, comics, music (control, mostly) and random web stuff. Priority went to screen size and resolution, then RAM, then “whatever” – I don’t care especially about CPU or GPU performance, connectivity beyond wifi, or special features. Books come from my own library server via OPDS or HTTPS, comics via OPDS, music in the house is controlled by a web page, TV and movies aren’t likely to be used on this device but can be handled by Jellyfin. I found a major-manufacturer’s last year’s top tablet on sale for about 50% of the original price, about 25% less than any previous sale. Almost 13”, 3K by 2K, 8GB RAM: all good… When I got the tablet, I hit every “skip” or “don’t use this” available, including running the installation process without having connected to wifi yet. I used the built-in Chrome to get Waterfox from https://github.com/BrowserWorks , then…