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Well, no, many apps require Google Play Services/Google Play Framework to work, I can use MicroG (https://microg.org/) with the spoofing enabled but this is unofficial thing and not everything works with that.

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And many apps don't work without Apple iOS being present on device and many apps don't work without Windows being present on device, etc.

Play Services are core OS API just like Apple services are.

They are pretty obviously not core OS API if you don't need them.

Play Services is probably the worlds most expansive data collection and user tracking tool. Tying core OS APIs into it is just evil.

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