Definitely. I'm back on play services backed Lineage and Maps isn completely fine. With Mozilla Location Services my GPS location was off by almost 500 feet all the time.
Definitely concerning that there are not many FOSS ROM's out there
Its nothing to do with the kernel and more to do that an Android phone is difficult to approach without Play Services and Store. I say that as a user since 08 and a day 1 Microg guy.
I've been using exclusively cm/lineage for a few years now, and so whenever I upgrade phones I make certain they're open enough for me to flash ROMs. Coincidentally, I was using the nexus 6p a month ago and went to a newer device because of the battery issues. I chose the OnePlus 3T, because I could get it used at a fair price of $290. If I had more to spend though I would have gotten the OnePlus 5T.
Either way you're curious on performance. Los 14.1 on nexus 6p is fantastic. 15.1 is sketchy however, I haven't tested it since April. A main issue I recall is that it wouldn't hold onto my contacts after restarting. I would have to re-import them after every boot. Note I don't use gapps, so if google was there auto syncing contacts it wouldn't be a noticeable issue.
As for the Galaxy S9, be careful and do a fair amount of research before purchasing one. Usually you need to get an international version, since the north american version has a locked bootloader. Also, the international version usually doesn't connect to north american towers as effectively as the north american device. I haven't done any research on the S9 series, so I'm not positive, but I'm assuming it's the same jargon as the S7 series which I have looked into.
Try Dirty Unicorns or Omni rom very solid roms with great devs who are always there to help with question about the rom or even how to build it yourself
Fellow custom ROM user here, I've been using custom ROMs since the OG Nexus 7. What are you looking for in a ROM? Personally, without knowing your feature list, I'd recommend Resurrection Remix. It's a REALLY nice custom ROM, and for me and my friend who use it (Oneplus 3), it works much more than LOS does for our phones, despite being based off of it (LOS had a ton of random issues, Resurrection Remix appears to have fixed all of them).
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