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Use GBoard without network permission. It's the best that you can get and it will give you full functionality. GrapheneOS uses an AOSP keyboard which I find unusable because of dictionary issues and spell checking and a lack of other things and features.

So first of all, I use Google Camera and Google Photos combined to use my phone's camera potential to its fullest and I would get those apps from Play Store because Aurora Store has some issues and its another app that would have to be on my phone and I already have Play Store anyways.

Second of all Google Play Services are necessary for using hardware security keys that are superior to TOTP codes.

Third of all I need FCM because some apps fully rely on it for notifications and it saves a lot of battery compared to alternatives.

And last but not least is that a lot of apps depend on Google Play Services and some of the apps are Play Store exclusive.

So I don't see why I would choose not to use Play Store and I think this applies to other people too that use a similar setup as me. But keep in mind that I'm only using the Owner profile for everything because my threat model doesn't require different profiles and I find it a hassle to manage multiple of them.

(I forgot to mention that Google Play Services on GrapheneOS are sandboxed and the same applies to all the other apps. Plus you can revoke network and sensor permissions if needed.)