I use lineage, and I stopped using google play store and google play services. I use fdroid as my app store, if there's an app i really need that's not on fdroid I just download the APK and install manually.
Couple of apps I use:
protonmail instead of gmail
aegis instead of google authenticator (available on fdroid)
signal (download the apk)
telegram (available on fdroid)
redmoon (available on fdroid)
VLC (available on fdroid)
pdf viewer plus (available on fdroid)
newpipe instead of youtube (need to add the newpipe repo to fdroid)
I use lineage, and I stopped using google play store and google play services. I use fdroid as my app store, if there's an app i really need that's not on fdroid I just download the APK and install manually.
Couple of apps I use: