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https://microg.org/ https://microg.org/ helps significantly, its an implementation of playstore APIs including google maps (which you can swap out for OSM) and

by throwaway2048 9y ago

https://microg.org/ https://microg.org/ helps significantly, its an implementation of playstore APIs including google maps (which you can swap out for OSM) and Google Cloud messaging. Apps that depend on this stuff will run even without Google Play services, and as a huge bonus you wont be feeding back constant spywar.... "telemetry" data to the Google mothership. Does wonders for your battery life and ram usage too! using microg doubled my available ram and doubled my battery life too.

andrepd 9y ago
Is it good for daily use?
- Shywim 9y ago
  Look components state here: https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki/Implementation-Status https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki... I discovered microg only recently and was instantly very interested but I am a heavy user of Cast so that's a big no for me, though I'll happily jump on it once it's done (if it's possible).
  - voltagex_ 9y ago
    I don't think Cast will be possible as it requires a Google signing cert.
  - andrepd 9y ago
    For what's worth I can use Cast (Miracast) without installing Google services. If you would like to get rid of Google services maybe consider buying a Miracast dongle to replace Chromecast?
ec109685 9y ago
Why would it half your ram and double your battery life? It's a re-implantation of google API's.
- 5ilv3r 9y ago
  It's probably a lot less chatty, and wireless data transfer eats battery.
- throwaway2048 9y ago
  but without most of the crap