android is google right?
No, Android is an operating system. As is Apple. Google provides apps, content, services and support to either system.
Me? I have an Apple iphone. But I hate Apple, so I use Google for all my support services. If you’re worried about privacy, forget it. I know of no phone, no system, no provider, or no one that will provide you the services you need in 2019 without harvesting and mining all your personal data and details.
Yes... But you do not have to agree to sign up with Google or use their apps. Mine is a Samsung android but I use absolutely no Google stuff as they would like me to. Samsung has their own very diverse app store and there are tons of third party apps written to work on android without any dependency on Google.