This DeGoogled and Pro-privacy smartphone, high grade refurbished, was designed to offer a different approach to users who care about privacy and data-hungry handsets.
It's surprising to see LineageOS listed in the repository.
It relies on several Google services, even if you are not using Google Play services, and doesn't even include microG.
For instance it is using:
- google servers for connectivity check
- google server for ipV4/ipV6 check
- google NTP servers
- google DNS servers
- google search engine by default
and all the default apps like calendar etc. are fully oriented against google services.
I think LineageOS should definitely be considered from removal, though it's a nice project and a great playground for ROM hackers.