Un-Googled Android Experience With CyanogenMod + Amazon App Store? I was going to buy the new Amazon Fire store as I completely live within the Amazon ecosystem;  I've purchased apps there, I'm mainly a reader and audiobook listener.

However, with my new AT&amp;T Next plan, I'm getting pretty screwed.

I do not have a Google Account and do not want to create one and do not want to live in the Google ecosystem.  Yet, the Nexus 5 at $350 is very appealing.

I was wondering what issues I might face if I bought the Nexus 5, installed the latest CyanogenMod snapshot, and used the Amazon App store on that phone.  Never installing Google Apps.

Does CyanogenMod out of the box provide a complete "deGoogled" Android phone?
CyanogenMod, along with most1 other custom ROMs, only include Android code with a few Google parts - all under-the-hood, of course. They do not include apps such as Play Store, Google Now, Gmail, etc. These apps are available as a separate package commonly referred to as GApps2.

So the answer is yes, you may achieve a "de-Googled" experience if you opt not to flash the GApps package.



1 There are some instances that custom ROMs already integrate the Google Apps, but these are rare.

2 Google Apps