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Interesting, I went the other way around. I started with a similar setup as is discussed in the post before switching to Graphene. Google has Android setup in such a way it allows it them to navigate around restrictions established on the device. I wanted to install a privacy focused ROM so I would truly have control over what information Google can access, as it can be fully sandboxed with Graphene. Does suck to see the founder of Graphene is kind of a dick. Not to sure if this reduces the privacy and security Graphene provides, what do you make of Louis Rossmann's video? Seems to me as if he swapped his ROM due to customer service issues and not the code.
I can confirm that when I restrict Google apps, including play services, it works. For example, if I block internet access for Google Play Services, I can't receive GCM notifications anymore. Beyond that, if there is some other backdoor that goes around my VPN and restrictions, there isn't much I can do about that.
My opinion on the video is that I don't trust the code of someone that is that unstable. If I were to go with a custom ROM, I'd probably go for LineageOS.