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LineageOS runs fine without Play Services. It's actually the default mode. It just limits your app choices. My needs are simple so I don't really mind, and I ap
by mpartel 9y ago
LineageOS runs fine without Play Services. It's actually the default mode. It just limits your app choices. My needs are simple so I don't really mind, and I appreciate the improved battery life and speed.
It turns out many apps from the Play Store don't actually have a hard dependency on Play Services. Example: Slack works, except for notifications and (IIRC) receiving calls, which is good enough if you don't need to be reachable all the time.
- billpollock 9y agoI should try it without installing Gapps. I just do the install routinely.
- clort 9y ago"me too" I run LineageOS v13 now (Galaxy Nexus), and before that Cyanogenmod back to v7 (maybe v6 not sure) and have never had Gapps installed, its been F-Droid all the way. I guess that means I can't appreciate the improved battery life or speed..
- slphil 9y agoSame with Discord. I don't get any notifications from Discord on my de-Googled LineageOS devices, but the application works just fine (although I had to silence its constant notifications about Play Services).
- JetSpiegel 9y agoI use Yalp Store to use apps from the Play Store and even though almost all of them "require" Play Services, most work just fine and worst case scenario they have a nagging screen about requiring Play Services but work just fine.