That’s a lie, you can totally avoid Play Services if you truly want to with GrapheneOS, as it literally isn’t installed by default. If you only use Fdroid apps and have no need for push notifs, then you can truly use GOS with no Google.
But the average person probably needs those things mentioned, so you can download a sandboxed version of Play Store and Services instead.
So it is true, and not a lie, because as you say yourself “the average person probably needs those things mentioned”
Quite a thing to call someone a liar and to then literally agree with them
That’s a lie, you can totally avoid Play Services if you truly want to with GrapheneOS, as it literally isn’t installed by default. If you only use Fdroid apps and have no need for push notifs, then you can truly use GOS with no Google.
But the average person probably needs those things mentioned, so you can download a sandboxed version of Play Store and Services instead.
So it is true, and not a lie, because as you say yourself “the average person probably needs those things mentioned” Quite a thing to call someone a liar and to then literally agree with them