Tried ftp servers before, too slow

Currently using the latter

I keep having issues with it

I switched to Ubuntu and KDE connect works perfectly with it!

Tried KDE connect, and it works perfectly

Stick with Android, you have much more control over the phone even when running stock compared to iOS Besides using Adguard you can also disable the apps you don’t want (some of which are used purely for tracking) using universal Android debloater and also turn of all kinds of tracking in the system