Yes. But depending on how far you're willing to go to get around it, there's a solution: MicroG [0]. It's basically an open-source Google Play Services implem

Yes. But depending on how far you're willing to go to get around it, there's a solution: MicroG [0]. It's basically an open-source Google Play Services implementation and it supports a number of different location providers like Apple and Mozilla. There are a bunch of ways to install it but the easiest is probably their LineageOS ROM [1]. [0]: https://microg.org/ https://microg.org/ [1]: https://lineage.microg.org/ https://lineage.microg.org/