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Re:LineageOS for microG – Access Google services without clo... by corna on Friday November 03, 2017 @08:30AM (#15618608)
microG also reimplements the Google Maps APIs (using OpenStreetMaps) and the Location APIs (with different backends, like Mozilla Location Services or a local offline database). The main Google-based service is Google Cloud Messaging, which is disabled by default in microG.

As you can see, microG doesn't strictly depends on the Google cloud services.

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Re:LineageOS for microG – Access Google services without clo... by AlexandrB on Friday November 03, 2017 @12:47PM (#15620513)
Thanks, this explains things a bit. I think I just misunderstood the scope of this since I'm not in the Android ecosystem.
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