Its not about security for google, its about to have more control over their platform. They saw apple got away with their policies about sideloading here in Europe (which is still a pain in the ass) so they thought why not have it in android.

Yes, all custom ROMs without Play Protect won’t be affected.

Where I live I can get cash at the supermarket. They scan my card and handle cash right from the cash box, I’ve never seen them scanning the money before they give it out. I think cash is still the best option for private payment in day to day life scenarios.

Why not install LineageOS on your S20?

Go ahead and contribute places you are missing to openstreetmaps.

So happy to have deleted all meta apps including whatsapp!

CoMaps, formerly known as Organic Maps.

Why would you want to do that? Do not change anything as the idea is that all users use the same Tor as it is.

Keep in mind, Google knows what IP is streaming when using Newpipe. It works most of the time for me but sometimes they block your IP and sends an error that they think you are a bot.