I’ve never used an Android phone that felt this clean and private

Google has developed Android for the past two decades, and it’s hard to separate the technology giant from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). While the AOSP is technically free and open-source, as the name suggests, it’s very dependent on Google services. Android uses various APIs, the Google Play Store, and Google Play Services by default, which all give Google a level of control over Android ROMs. Only a select few ROMs take extreme measures to provide a “deGoogled” Android experience, including Murena’s /e/OS.