Many of those apps need Graphene to be invasive stock Android to work. That's on the application developer for demanding that Google control your device completely for their app to work. My banking app works perfectly without Google services and with most permissions denied. They gave me convenience without subjecting me to Google's cage. If that was @Vitor Pamplona s main point then I missed it. I agree. But a lot of inconvenience comes down to application and service developer choices. Graphene can't fix those, even if it can be improved (it probably can be).