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[–] jobes 1 points (+1|-0)

Yeah, but that does require people to root or flash their phone in order to remove some Google packages and services they don't want. The fact that some of the most popular Android distros, like the Samsung Galaxy line, do NOT let you uninstall the Gmail app or Google Maps app (along with all the shitty Samsung bloatware apps) without rooting/flashing is just as bad as buying a discount SomeRandomManufacturer's phone and not being able to uninstall their apps.

[–] [Deleted] 1 points (+1|-0)

Maybe you couldn't root your model, but it's doable. At least the 9S+ version is.

[–] jobes 1 points (+1|-0)

I was going to put LineageOS on my S8+, but it is literally like the only Galaxy model not supported because of the eyewiz stuff or whatever. For now I just firewall away the ability of the default apps and services so they can't phone home or have any network access, which works well enough