"Are you a couple needed somewhere quick to stay before going to an airport or something?"
Damn, if only there was some sort of established and regulated type of business where you could rent lodging by the night in New York City. I bet they could make a whole lot of money building big buildings full of rooms you can rent like that.
"What if you legitimately take someone (or even two someones) in for a week"
Do you make a habit of charging your friends and family that come visit you?
Lineage OS by default comes DeGoogled and works just fine. Both phones I ran it on had absolutely no issues. It must be more niche than I thought though because no one here is talking about it.
Google wave was sold off too, they absolutely do sell some things, just they prefer to take features and ideas to use in other products.