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I hear you - there's been some things I've had to give up as a result of degoogling, including access to multiple paid games and services.

It's also what has stopped me completely deleting my Facebook account - I have VR purchases tied to it.

In the end I just have to keep reminding myself that there WILL be alternatives, and in the cases where there aren't, I made do without these things once.

Not sure I understand. What do you buy from Google? If you want to degoogle, purchasing other stuff, or through channels other than the Play store is probably the simplest part.

tbf theres always piracy. if these guys wont be fair with you, you dont need to be fair with them.

~~Well, you don't need to worry too much now as Android has gone (or is going) close source which may affect rom devs, making a private phone even more difficult unless linux becomes mainstream as an alternative.~~

Update: Crap, missed a bit of the article

When new versions of Android are done, Google says it will continue to publish the source code in AOSP as always.

Please disregard my previous message and confusion.

I can't shell out the money for another phone but I deleted my google account and replaced all the Google apps on my phone with FOSS apps. I don't have root access on my phone so I can't actually get rid of all of the Google apps. Best I can do until I need to replace my phone. Fortunately I never purchased anything from Google.

microG has several options regarding paid apps, about licensing, billing and stuff. When logging in into Aurora using your Google account, you should be able to use paid apps.

I mean in the end you are for sure breaking ToS so the chance of your account getting banned is non-zero, but it should be possible. Let me know if you need more information on that.