Neat, but one needs to also trust that google isn't an adversary
You have bigger things to worry about if you are worried about google being an adversary while using a Google OS with play services and google apps.
Except it takes effort to get an OS without Google Spyware.
And regular, everyday people have been targeted by police because of Google.
Android is supposed to be a (mostly) open-source OS. Users shouldn't have to worry about Google.
AOSP is open, Googles additions on top of that are not.
Android is. The problem is that everyone submits their apps to the Google Store, and then use Google tools to make them dependent on Google services. So while you can fairly trivially not install any of Google's proprietary software, it's functionality is going to be heavily limited without them.
It was at one point
Google is the biggest offender.
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