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Switched to GrapheneOS today
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Functional apps is the important bit, use of microG allows apps to provide push messaging etc without knowing Google services aren't installed. There's still some communication with Google as a result, but it's fully sanitized.
I invite you to try installing common apps like Strava or Pokemon go without any Google services at all.
I was under the impression you could use microG instead of google services as well if you installed it manually?
I haven't run graphene, so I can't speak for it. But on any other android variant, microG is a system-app, so that it can spoof Google's services properly. That means patching the system.
I believe the google framework is installed with less privilege than a system application
It's anti-libre software.