Peoples expectation for “working” is “has absolutely all features that you would have with google, no exceptions”. If even a single feature is missing, people will scream thats its unusable.
I’m starting to think that I want to carry around 2 phones, one cheap android for stuff like this, and a main device that’s fully free since it doesn’t have to make compromises
You don’t need Google account for your phone to work.
Peoples expectation for “working” is “has absolutely all features that you would have with google, no exceptions”. If even a single feature is missing, people will scream thats its unusable.
The problem starts when a government service or your bank requires an app that needs play services/ uses play integrity API.
In my experience microG runs all of those apps without issue.
I’m starting to think that I want to carry around 2 phones, one cheap android for stuff like this, and a main device that’s fully free since it doesn’t have to make compromises