[jqpabc123]

AOSP by itself still contacts Google --- without any additional apps or services installed. /e/OS has described were/how this occurs.

[commoner]

In case anyone missed it in TFA, here is /e/'s whitepaper on how they substitute and proxy Google services:

https://e.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/e-state-of-d... (PDF)

There's also an updated description of /e/ here: https://doc.e.foundation/what-s-e