Comment by andrepd
If you want to escape Google's monopoly, you can use LineageOS without google apps, as opposed to the malware and spyware-ridden trash that usually comes preinstalled on your phone.
If you want to escape Google's monopoly, you can use LineageOS without google apps, as opposed to the malware and spyware-ridden trash that usually comes preinstalled on your phone.
To a normie non-tech person, buying a several hundred dollar Google phone, only to delete Google from it sounds stupid, like you've set your money on fire.
Yes, I have a Pixel with GrapheneOS.
Even if you run LineageOS without Google, LineageOS still phones home to Google for DNS and captive portal checks.
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm