It is though, you can build AOSP without any of the Google Play store services and it will work just fine. Download some apps from F-droid and you will have a f

It is though, you can build AOSP without any of the Google Play store services and it will work just fine. Download some apps from F-droid and you will have a fully functional modern smartphone. I'm running a LineageOS based ROM on the phone I'm typing this out on with no Google Apps or services installed. Newpipe for YouTube, Waze for maps, MicroG for open source implementatiom of Google Services APIs. Works great