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DeletedUser87 I now can confirm that there must be a google play background activity, since my apps get updated even when I am on my user profile only.
I will try to disable Google Play in the main profile, when not using it…

gerpi Oh - got i working after installing update ;-)

kvaradhan3 How did you get it working. It doesnot work for me either.

Thank you all for the comments. My workflow, after factory reset, is as following (if somebody else wants to try):

• Start the setup of the owner profile using pin code only
• location disabled
• install Accrescent from the GOS app store
• install IVPN from there and activate it (I normally use Proton VPN, so I just activated IVPN for one week - 2$)
• install Google Play Services
• install the apps you want to use, but don't open them (the possibility to disable them I haven't been aware of - thanks @Eagle_Owl)
• change the VPN from IVPN to Proton - or whatever you want to use (must be always on!)
• open a new user profile and install the available apps within the new user settings
• I choose to allow the user to run in the background
• turn on phone calls and SMS
• then I switch to the new user profile and use it as my main profile
• I also open a second user profile, mainly for Android Auto and the apps I use there - with Google Play Services installed, but not logged in - and not allowed to run in the background.
• Some other apps require Google Play Services - I am not sure yet, if I put them into the Android Auto profile or open a third profile - probably depending on how many it is going to be. For now it is only one, beside the map and music app for driving.

There are some issues with the secondary profiles, as @Michiel pointed out. I have discovered the disability to manage the phone setup. I had disabled the data use of the phone in the owner profile and could not switch it on in my user profile. May be something @Graphene can fix?

I will come back later to update with other experiences with this setup.

DeletedUser87 Then I dont understand what data it should collect, when not from the apps you are using…

DeletedUser87 May be it is running in some way in the background. But when I try to use apps in my GPS free user profile that require GPS, they are not functioning - so it seems not to be active…

Is there a security trade off using the owner profile only for installing apps (from Google Play) and then using other user profiles for daily use of these apps? I thought of one with google services enabled (without login) and one for the apps working without google.

dr-evo Thanks - it worked for me for some of the apps, Tidal e.g., but the only navigation app working was Waze (didnt try Google maps).
By the way, I turned developer settings off afterwards, and the apps were still there.

de0u
Should I disable developer mode in Android Auto after the operation or will this switch it back to default?

treequell How do you activate apps installed on a separate user profile in your main profile?

I have installed Android Auto from GOS app store and several map apps from Aurora store. Android Auto is working fine, but I can not see/ use my map apps within it. Any workaround for that? Or do I have to install the maps from google play (which I haven't yet logged into and prefer not to do)?
In one thread someone talked about changing the app info about the place, where the apps are installed from. But I cant figure out how to do this.
Greetings, Gerhard