Actually, the play store is one of the most replacement google components. You can not use it on even a standard non-rooted phone.
Avoiding their location services is harder but micro-g does actually support other location services backends.
Push notifications is the problem child. When people "send" you push notifications, they actually send them direct to google and rely on google to send them to you. Installing micro-g can disconnect google at your end, but not at the app vendors end. It's likely that they will do this in many cases even if your phone actually lacks the software to receive the push from google.
Avoiding their location services is harder but micro-g does actually support other location services backends.
Push notifications is the problem child. When people "send" you push notifications, they actually send them direct to google and rely on google to send them to you. Installing micro-g can disconnect google at your end, but not at the app vendors end. It's likely that they will do this in many cases even if your phone actually lacks the software to receive the push from google.