I don't understand how they can include Google's app ecosystem and still claim to be privacy-oriented. Google Play Services is basically a firehose of informati

I don't understand how they can include Google's app ecosystem and still claim to be privacy-oriented. Google Play Services is basically a firehose of information straight to Google. It seems to me like setting up your own disk encryption and secure SIP calling on a phone with an AOSP ROM without any Google apps installed (and just using f-droid as your app store) would be far superior to using this device as far as privacy goes.