I used Graphene several years ago and it was a little wonky. I switched to Calyx for a couple years since they bundled MicroG out of the box. When I picked up a new Pixel decided to try Graphene again and it's great. I like sandboxed Google Play Services better than MicroG. It feels pretty no compromise to me.
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Thanks for this -- at first I thought it meant no Google services at all and that's intimidating. I'll give a closer look. 👍