/e/ Page says /e/ is ungoogled/degoogled, why is /e/ then connecting to google?

Coming back to this thought …

… as well as seeing this …

https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/backlog/-/issues/5214

… Could you perhaps use the toggles pointed out in the GitLab issue, or uninstall the App Lounge (package name is foundation.e.apps) this way, and have a look whether this changes anything?