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Yes, NFC the technology works. However, certain applications, like Google Wallet can be problematic and require workarounds (not because of technology itself though)
Not everyone using a custom ROM is doing it for privacy reasons. I see privacy as a perk but I mainly use custom ROMs to keep my devices around longer and to get new features.
Even for those who are concerned about privacy, I don't think NFC is that big of a security hole. I know some people who turn it on only when they're using it, but that's pretty painless.
Yeah I did that with an old Motorola, it went for years. Now I have a pixel and it seems to come with a lot of features that break when installing an alternative OS
I bought a Pixel because of how universal its support is with custom OSes. What features are broken there?
I remember reading some Reddit comments about certain camera functions no longer working. I bought the pixel for the camera and I don't want to break that functionality.
Disclaimer: I've never really looked into different OS's and what they do/don't do