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> What Google services? MicroG replaces most (if not all) Google services. RTM. From the article: "If you read the purpose of microG you’ll understand it main
by cmroanirgo 8y ago
> What Google services? MicroG replaces most (if not all) Google services.
RTM. From the article:
"If you read the purpose of microG you’ll understand it mainly serves as a proxy, something that still communicates with Google servers. The fact is, there is no way around that. The whole Android ecosystem is dependent of Google, either because of Google Play services or Play Store"
(Emphasis added that Google is still required with microG)
- gruez 8y agoit's still better as microg allows you to tunnel all your communications through tor, and only sends a limited subset of data about your device to google. of course, that won't help you if you're using gmail, google maps, and google now. but you're only using non-google apps and want some google functionality (ie. push notification on signal), it's still better than using google play services.
- Sir_Substance 8y agoActually, the play store is one of the most replacement google components. You can not use it on even a standard non-rooted phone. Avoiding their location services is harder but micro-g does actually support other location services backends. Push notifications is the problem child. When people "send" you push notifications, they actually send them direct to google and rely on google to send them to you. Installing micro-g can disconnect google at your end, but not at the app vendors end. It's likely that they will do this in many cases even if your phone actually lacks the software to receive the push from google.