Mishaal RahmanBreaking: Google just confirmed that the U.S. DOJ is seeking, among other changes, to force Google to split off Chrome and Android.
Source: https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/public-policy/doj-search-remedies-framework/
ErevanDB@MishaalRahman
Android going back to An open-source project? Good.
Android going back to An open-source project? Good.
RejZoR@ErevanDB @MishaalRahman LinusTechTips tried actual open source (AOSP) Android and it was pretty much unusable. You need to use bunch of proprietary services and frameworks (mostly from Google itself) to be half usable.
I've also tried LineageOS without any Google services and despite having more features built in, the usability was miserable because you couldn't easily install apps on it and a lot didn't even work when you did.
Caroline Bell 
@rejzor You lost me at "LinusTechTips". That channel is awful and frequently releases content that misrepresents the products they're working with.
If you're smart enough to install LineageOS without Google apps, you can figure out sideloading FDroid, Aurora Store, or some other app store too. Stop whining.
The reason a lot of apps don't work is because of the (now convicted) Google monopoly.
AOSP being split off from Google will give it the opportunity to catch up to the modern standards.
@halotroop2288 Um, no. It's because apps also depend on Google's APIs and frameworks that are not present on systems that don't have Google services installed. And even when you manage to solve that with MicroG, there will be apps that will whine about phone being rooted or even just having bootloader unlocked and will entirely refuse to work. And you cannot lock it with any 3rd party ROM installed except GrapheneOS I believe on Pixels only.