actually sideloading GMS is not difficult and worth all the effort. I tried to adapt to no-GMS for few hours already suffer a lot from can't find my passwords to where are all my photos to non-google app crashing (!!!) like Amazon photos crash without reason (alamak).

After GMS is installed, i can now enjoy the phone to the fullest, I especially (always) liken the battery on Huawei flagship phones and the everything run smoothly with the powerful kirin 990 , also the virtual volume buttons is not an issue for me, so all good!