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Afaik /e/OS isn't completely Google-free. It just uses some anonymization stuff to make Google services a bit less invasive and I think it has proprietary software too. For a complete Google-free experience you probably want something like LineageOS or GrapheneOS
Aw shucks, the porter moved on from Lineage to develop more on e/os
Any alternative custom ROMs that are generally considered complete Google-free other than those 2?
Have other comments made you dislike /e/OS ? microG, which /e/OS uses is not using Google but a replacement for the Google Play framework if you would for example need location feature for some of your apps.
Not really dislike, but was wondering if there were any better choices
DivestOS:
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/android/#divestos
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
Thanks, looks promising but unfortunately unavailable