Ah I see that they have decided to support it now with the fairphone 4 which is awesome. Before that you had to use google test keys to do it.

It still lacks a secure element which is pretty important for security and privacy. It also lags behind on security updates.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44375865

That's a good discussion about it.

I respect not giving money to google though but I can't cut corners on security even if it means I have to go into the belly of the beast myself.

I'll be very relieved when the Motorola GOS phone drops