adb to remove google services, fdroid for a firefox browser, revanced manager on github to compile revanced, and once that’s done all that’s left is to install it. Maybe also export it so that you don’t have to rebuild that version again.

Both. It makes it easier to keep in touch technically, but whether or not they are responsive is a whole other story.

The issue is that it’s more likely to be paywalled like the shit red hat/IBM is pulling with their repo code.