The other day I convinced myself to flash CM 12 on my HTC One M7 without GApps. However, within a couple hours had no choice but to flash it. Open Whisper Systems doesn&#x27;t provide Signal&#x27;s APK outside of Google Play (surprisingly Spotify does), and neither does Pebble. In addition there is some bug in messaging that prevents me from sending any SMS at all. I&#x27;d argue that GApps is a requirement for any Android device today. Unfortunately I see the iPhone as the only smartphone where it&#x27;s even <i>possible</i> to avoid Google services.