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If they break custom roms my next phone will have iOS, not stock Android on it.
So instead of completely using FOSS softwareonly, you just give in to the corps?
This has nothing to do with FOSS, of which plenty exists on iOS
I have yet to see a FOSS ROM for IOS devices. Or like any FOSS app I use, like Etar, a free version of Sncthing, a Retroarch with at least the same functionality as on android, a browser that dosent use WebKit, and a terminal emulator or at least a free fully featured vim app that can access my full storage.
Also, they can't break Costum ROMs, since AOSP is Open Source.
Also, since none of my devices can run AltStore in order to validate side loaded stuff every 14 days, I have to get everything from the App Store, since AltStore is kinda dead
And also I want to develope my own apps, but I neither have an Apple Desktop, noir do I have 99€ a year to pay for Apples Private key.
TL;DR: Even with Gservices, Android is still just better then iOS since you can just Root it and disable tracking stuff (or not root it and just disable the tracking apps but not Gservices)