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Why are there no Open Source implementations of Google's API? Except for that, most of their complaints don't hold water. No OS texting app? Go to f-droid and
by dispose13432 10y ago
Why are there no Open Source implementations of Google's API?
Except for that, most of their complaints don't hold water. No OS texting app? Go to f-droid and find them. No browser? Go to f-droid.
The only issue is the API, much of which actually depends on Google Data (for example, Geolocation would be a problem without Google's WiFi data)
- JonnieCache 10y agoThere is one: https://microg.org https://microg.org It's very much an alpha however.
- lima 10y agoStill works surprisingly well for most basic usage.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- hackuser 10y agoThere are several alternatives to Google Apps, if that is what you are referring to, including TK Gapps and the MicroG project (as far as I know - I haven't used them myself). > for example, Geolocation would be a problem without Google's WiFi data UnifiedNlp[0] geolocation, when I looked into it a little while ago, could use various data sources including Mozilla's, Apple's, OpenWlanMap, and others. ---- [0] https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_UnifiedNlp/ https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_UnifiedNlp/
- tananaev 10y agoThere is also an alternative for location APIs: https://github.com/mapzen/lost https://github.com/mapzen/lost