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Re:CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative by andrepd on Friday August 06, 2021 @07:23PM (#28093944)
Did you try microg? It's dead simple to install (they publish builds of lineage+microg for any device which has an official lineage build), works out of the box, and I haven't had any compatibility issues.

> I reinstalled LineageOS with https://opengapps.org added during the install and made the mistake of transferring from my old phone which brought all the google services and everything back to the phone (mostly).

I think you have misunderstood what "opengapps" is. Despite the name, it's just a zip that installs Google services and apps (Google framework, play store, etc)

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Re:CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative by sleavey on Saturday August 07, 2021 @03:03AM (#28096437)
I think they meant that when they ran Google's automatic import tool it reinstalled all the forcefully installed Google apps from the old phone. The difference with lineageos though is that you can uninstall them afterwards.
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