I’m running Kenvyra (Lineage fork) on my Mi 9T, still with microg, but otherwise google free pretty neat and good for battery life :3

either download the official APK from f-droid.org or use the NeoStore app which is a better client imho. from there its some simple setup and basically works like the play store.

~150 total and 67 on f-droid/neo store so like half is FOSS

TPB isnt the best source for media and it can’t really hold up to its past glory anymore - you could give other sites like 1337x.to a try

1337x.to is pretty good