My iphone finally crapped out completely and I need to get a new phone but I really don't want another iphone, I really developed a burning hatred of apple over 7 years with this damn phone. I really don't know much about phones though so I'm looking for suggestions, mostly I just use my phone for text, calls, and youtube so I'm not too concerned about specs or cameras and such.
Google is strictly worse than Apple in almost all respects, so get something that will let you install a custom ROM and remove Google from it.
Ironically the Pixel line makes this easiest.