pizzadequeso All my apps are downloaded from Aurora. Play store was installed as a part of the GMS bundle. I will keep Google play services of course, but would any apps malfunction with Play store uninstalled?
Murcielago pizzadequeso Play Services depends on Play Store. This is now done properly in Apps so that people don't install one without the other and have things not working without realizing why. source: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/2657-do-the-google-play-services-from-the-gos-apps-require-google-play-store/3
Psyonico My understanding is that Google Play Services requires the Google Play Store to function and vice versa. So, you have to either have both or neither installed.
jarell Both are required. To install sandboxed Google Play, open our App Store, select Google Play services and install it. This will install both Google Play services and Google Play Store which are interdependent. From https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play-installation