&gt; Not only contradicts the &quot;ditching Google&quot; credo, but is also a useless move in this context. If he really wants to follow through with his FOSS approach he should be using Sailfish OS, Tizen, Ubuntu Touch or Firefox OS.<p>I kind of disagree, though those are all worthwhile projects. Running an AOSP or CM ROM with <i>no GApps</i> is a reasonable choice for mobile if you want to avoid Apple&#x2F;Google&#x2F;Microsoft services.