Yeah, its fucking absurd. Closest option is probably a fairphone right now. They allow a bunch of degoglified options of android and a few linux options too.

My mobile OS of choice is currently Lineageos for Microg. Makes all my apps work and protects me from google as good as possible.

You do know that Firefox is essentially Netscape rebooted, right?

Also I don’t really know what you are trying to say here. Netscape was definitely a better option than Internet Explorer.