That’s not quite how it works. The phone comes with zero tracking. Above phone has a couple different app stores and you choose which apps you want to use. For example, if use google maps you are constantly sending your location to Google. If you use the offline map app on your above phone your location is never recorded. There are several map apps with various levels of privacy. Some you pay for some you don’t. The ones that track you are free. All apps have various levels of security. I’m kind of getting to the end of what I know.
Here’s the link to their videos that explain it better than I can:
https://learn.abovephone.com/course/above-the-rules/
Here’s a link to the podcast I heard about it on. The guy gives a good understanding for the everyday user.