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It doesn't have to use Google services, it's FLOSS and configurable. For example, you can replace the location backend with one that uses Mozilla's location ser
by ForHackernews 8y ago
It doesn't have to use Google services, it's FLOSS and configurable. For example, you can replace the location backend with one that uses Mozilla's location service: https://github.com/microg/IchnaeaNlpBackend https://github.com/microg/IchnaeaNlpBackend
Furthermore, I think there's a difference between closed-source software running on your device reporting who-knows-what and open-source software that makes known, specific requests to cloud services.