There are other less drastic options. Getting rid of Google anything is a start. Try using DuckDuckGo as your browser and NEVER use GMail. A friend gave me an Alexa for Christmas a few years ago when they first came out. I opened the box Christmas eve and plugged it in and gave it an email but no credit card and rapidly lost interest because it wasn't connected to anything. Two days later, when I went online, I was getting ads for stuff the grandchildren got for Christmas. I created a dummy email and changed it on the device. Then packed up the Dot and put it in the Good Will box so it is probably spying on someone else now.
It looks like it is time to make 1984 required reading again. Big Brother is watching you and listening to everything you say on your phone, your TV, your new car, your refrigerator, and any other "smart" device you have activated. We can assume that the majority are benign although they use what they hear to try to sell you stuff but when a government gets involved, the reason for listening is no longer benign. The government (especially China) has no business listening to you or monitoring your communications. Our cities are blanketed with cameras monitoring everything that goes on and facial recognition software is running to look for criminals one would presume. I didn't use to be a paranoid person but I am not at all happy about not being able to ever be invisible again. This is not a good thing for us people and we should rise up against it.
For some people, the convenience of living in a connected world seems compelling. But by giving up our privacy willy-nilly, we are also giving up our freedom. Remember folks, when you vote by mail or email, your ballot is no longer secret. What happens if you vote for the "wrong" person again? If Biden gets elected, do you really want his people to know that you voted for Trump, not once but twice? Look at what the Chinese are doing to control their own people. We are one election away from being in the same boat.