OK, that's a fair point.

But not providing one does seem to follow with their "be a normie as much as possible in order to not stand out" mantra, even if (to me) providing that extra service for non-GMS users seems harmless. Maybe it's not, I don't know.

Anyway, however much more battery it uses, from my experience, it hasn't been an inconvenience, the phone still lasts a couple of days without charging.