[skeledrew]

I'm mostly degoogled myself, and disable/firewall every Google app on my device. Pretty hard to switch away from GMail as it's essentially everywhere for me, and YouTube doesn't have a viable replacement. I use 3rd party apps for both though, as well as the store. Re the store, I endured doing manual updates weekly for several years. Then recently when I upgraded my device I discovered Shizuku (allows elevated access without rooting), which connects nicely with Aurora Store and handles the installs. It's like a huge breath of fresh air.