"me too"
I run LineageOS v13 now (Galaxy Nexus), and before that Cyanogenmod back to v7 (maybe v6 not sure) and have never had Gapps installed, its been F-Droid all the way. I guess that means I can't appreciate the improved battery life or speed..
Re:Review: Copperhead OS
by JetSpiegel on Saturday December 30, 2017 @03:34PM
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I use Yalp Store to use apps from the Play Store and even though almost all of them "require" Play Services, most work just fine and worst case scenario they have a nagging screen about requiring Play Services but work just fine.
Same with Discord. I don't get any notifications from Discord on my de-Googled LineageOS devices, but the application works just fine (although I had to silence its constant notifications about Play Services).
Re:Review: Copperhead OS
by billpollock on Friday December 29, 2017 @01:28PM
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I should try it without installing Gapps. I just do the install routinely.
It turns out many apps from the Play Store don't actually have a hard dependency on Play Services. Example: Slack works, except for notifications and (IIRC) receiving calls, which is good enough if you don't need to be reachable all the time.