it is really annoying that google has to be involved at all.
I unfortunately was forced to get an android phone, but I do not have and never will have any kind of google account.
It was annoying to de-google it and I have to side load any app that I want to use.
Aurora Store kind of works, and you should be able to use it on the windows android subsys too
Basically, all of the big tech companies are part of the evil nonsense that is going on these days. Android is Google’s baby but it gives almost endless opportunities for tinkering and violating your phone’s warranty as well. None of this type of activity is endorsed or makes them happy and probably most of it violates your terms of service in some way. So, you can be happy about that.