The parent comment makes it seem like blocking those Google services will brick all online functionality of the phone (I don't know if that's the case but it wo

The parent comment makes it seem like blocking those Google services will brick all online functionality of the phone (I don't know if that's the case but it wouldn't surprise me), and proposing that as a viable solution. I'm all for de-googling (and de-OEMing) our devices, but giving up all online functionality is not a viable alternative.