I disagree, Google and Motorola branded phones most certainly DO come with bloatware. The Google app is not necessary for the phone's functionality(this is, if you don't use google assistant) and I can not uninstall it from my Pixel 2. This is true for many Google apps that Google would have you believe is necessary for the functionality of the phone. These are all the google apps that came preinstalled on my phone that I can't uninstall normally that are absolutely non-essential to have on a phone:
Google Chrome( I use firefox)
Google Drive (Fastmail)
Google App (I can use Firefox as a search provider on
android)
Google Play Movies and TV
Google Play Music
Google Play Services for AR
Google VR Services
Playground
Youtube (Frankly, with the amount of advertisements on Youtube these days, Firefox on android with ublock origin installed is a few better user experience then the actual YouTube app for android)
These are just the apps that I personally have disabled, I am a fastmail user, so Gmail is getting disabled soon as well as Google Calendar.
Even Google's "stock" Android on the Pixel phones has plently of blaotware. LineageOS has much less bloatware.
Google Chrome( I use firefox)
Google Drive (Fastmail)
Google App (I can use Firefox as a search provider on android)
Google Play Movies and TV
Google Play Music
Google Play Services for AR
Google VR Services
Playground
Youtube (Frankly, with the amount of advertisements on Youtube these days, Firefox on android with ublock origin installed is a few better user experience then the actual YouTube app for android)
These are just the apps that I personally have disabled, I am a fastmail user, so Gmail is getting disabled soon as well as Google Calendar.
Even Google's "stock" Android on the Pixel phones has plently of blaotware. LineageOS has much less bloatware.