@trashheap I've been through most of this, too (less N900, less SailfishOS, more Ubuntu Touch, and a lot of de-googled Android before "degoogled" was a term - I just opted to not install "gapps").
Since 2020, I have invested quite some money and time into supporting and helping out people that do their best to make it work, as it's the only way to make it happen.