sync for reddit crashed every time I opened it if play services are not installed (I am using an aosp android phone, grapheneos and lineages on a tablet) so it is kinda important that sync works without play services installed there is a better method for device attestation https://grapheneos.org/articles/attestation-compatibility-guide
I think the consens has been reached that Lemmy users are Lemmings. (Those cute furry rodents)
Watch out for them though, they’re pretty creative on escaping.