Nope because 1) /e/OS includes App Lounge, that gives access to all apps from Play Store and aps from Fdroid 2) they worked on Safetynet pass.
Plus they have added trackers control, to cut mobile apps trackers.
So the experience is pretty fluid.

That's a different big brother that doesn't have a business model with users's data, and that can soon be self hosted... (it was announced recently).

Probably worth a read:
"Is /e/ LineageOS + microG?"
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.e.foundation%2Fe%2F...

You mean here if they install LineageOS! Sure!

LineageOS ships with Google as default search engine and is indeed *VERY* Google-friendly.
The fact is that they don't have right to integrate GApps by default. So it's available as a separate package, which most people will install, otherwise they don't be able to do anything.
I think that your statment really misses the point about the /e/ project, which is not a geeky thing, but a nice integration of open source software that make a consistent, ready to use, 0-Google mobile ecosystem: ROM, onlines services etc.

I you look at /e/ source code repository, you will probably see that it's not "just" a fork of LineageOS.
It's really the whole mobile ROM & online services that is integrated, ready to use and freed from Google stuff.
I don't know if you already tried LineageOS but it doesn't have any "no Google" feature. Even their default search engine is Google. They are actually *VERY* Google-friendly.

My point of view is that the track record and business model of Google make them definitely out of the privacy game in term of credibility.
We need independent and Open Source solutions on the mobile (such as https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fe.foundation%2F and for personal assistant, just like Linux has a been the light in the 90s in a world dominated by proprietary Unix systems and Microsoft.
If we don't make this happen, freedom and democracy will turn into private totalitarism soon.
It's not too late..

/e/
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fe.foundation%2F

I think more and more the market is demanding an alternative to the Google/Apple duopole on the mobile: something more open and more respectful of user's data privacy. Like we had Linux in the 90s on PC, I'd like to see a project like eelo.io to succeed on mobile!

Very interesting use case and development, but this is somewhat amusing to see that Snowden is posting his privacy apps to Google Play (in addition to F-droid)... It's not a good message sent to people in my opinion.

I think it's time that we get something alternative to Google and Apple, like project eelo.io seems to be starting.

Oh really? I was taught it was:

C Programming Language by K & R.