I have a Pixel 7, stock Android 14. It is my only phone and I love the stock system. But I am trying to gradually ditch Google and its services, for reasons well-known in this community and Lemmy in general. How much would I gain/lose using a custom ROM with/without GApps?
Update: Switched to GrapheneOS, no regrets :)
I’ve been running Calyx OS on my 4a for around a couple years now. It was a bit of an adjustment at first but now I don’t really miss much of anything. I rarely need to use anything from the Aurora store, just mainly FOSS apps as there is a replacement for just about every Google app you could think of. The only thing I have come to miss lately is not being able to use Android Auto, since I just got a car that has that functionality. But that is a slight complaint.
Great to hear that! I am very tempted to try Calyx, especially now that it has A14 builds for panther. Do you use GPay by any chance? If so, does it work consistently throughout updates?
I have never used it so I can’t say, though I haven’t heard any talk of it not working, do with that what you will.