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This is what I've done a couple of times now
https://lemmy.zip/comment/1548190
But... I haven't had any feedback on whether this is effective from the perspective of getting rid of Google entirely
I will say that it makes the phone feel really light and fast, literally every app in the app drawer is one you put there yourself. My battery life is usually better too
The UAD should be pretty safe (and I think it's a bit conservative in what it recommends) but make sure you take care with the packages you remove yourself