mobile

I cant have google play on my phone due to huge battery drains and firmware planted spyware. Ive tried Appbrain but it requires google play to be installed which I found to be stupid,backwards, and detrimental to having a PROPER working alternative. Does anyone have ideas?

*disclaimer* to those who will defend google play please stop defending them for the sake of this thread. Im asking for an alternative because of the terrible direction they have gone.