Comments by "" (@MsHojat) on "Why You Can't Remove Google from a Google Android" video.

You can disable google services, but that breaks a lot of functionality. It also doesn't completely de-Google a phone (namely SUPL but also maybe some other —probably more minor— stuff). It can still be viable for some people though.
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Youtube deletes a lot of comments seemingly randomly. Other times it also seems to do so in certain situations like Tor browser or anti-fingerprinting/anti-script extensions (presumably because the system thinks its suspicious). I had this happen regularly to me a lot. I don't know what I did to fix it, or if possibly the system just changed something or managed to register me as less suspicious. If ever you see your comment missing, never assume the video creator deleted it. At least in my case you can also check your message a minute or less after posting to see if it's still there (by either editing it, or clicking on the "x [time] ago" above the comment and beside your name. I don't know if messages ever take longer than those mere seconds/minutes to be auto-deleted, but in my personal situation that was never the case.
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@terrydaktyllus1320 yes, but my point (along with Braxman's) is with an AOSP OS using MicroG you can still use G apps while still maintaining privacy. It's not an option on stock Android, so you have to break even more apps, more than most people would consider acceptable.
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@robbraxmantech a lot of —if not all?— Google's spyware seems to be in Google services which can be disabled even without root. It will break a ton of app functionality though, since indeed many do require it. What other stuff is there outside of apps/services that can be disabled? Another thing that can be used is a firewall. And while one could argue that in theory the manufacturer could bypass it, I don't think they care enough to actually do so. It's only like targeted government spying where I wouldn't trust a firewall to be effective (like baseband modem stuff) I'm not suggesting you're wrong, but rather asking for more info, and/or saying that it's a viable option for some people who could get by without GApps at all and who don't necessarily care about 100% sealed perfect privacy, particularly if it's from the govt which is harder to avoid and not as much reason to avoid (I know that is up for debate, but less-so in developed areas like NA/EU)
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