Maybe because of inconvenience. Who’s gonna type it in front of every search they do? Maybe some more knowledgeable people will do.

Root gives me more control over my device and many powerful apps like shizuku and sdmaid works better than non root. Usually i don’t use magisk modules. And one another use is it installs app updates without a waring like play store. That’s it.

What to do about dns queries? In the privacyguides video i saw when we use a encrypted dns isp only see the ip address. So queries are hidden right ?

Google app and the play services still present on your device, which means it feeds data into gemini in a direct or indirect way. If you need privacy from gemini then you must degoogle. Convenience and privacy won’t fit in one basket.

Why don’t try lineage os without microg which is way better for privacy and security!

Which app ?