That's better that nothing, agreed. In fact I've been using an #android phone with #fdroid and #aurorastore without giving any credential to #gapps. But #googleplay constantly calls home and send metrics, even with no account set up. 😡🤬😠
I do have a #librem5 but I haven't yet tried to use it full-time as there's an important contact of mine who use #whatsapp .