The only reason that I connected my Android phone to a GMail account is to access Google Play and download clean apps. Lots of third-party websites offer variou

The only reason that I connected my Android phone to a GMail account is to access Google Play and download clean apps. Lots of third-party websites offer various apks but many are infected with malware. So, assuming Google won't block this, I won't be needing a GMail account to use Android (without Google apps) from now on? Nice!