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You don't have to use Google services with Android either. For years I've used an Android phone with no Google account attached - I simply skipped the OOB assi
by vetinari 8y ago
You don't have to use Google services with Android either.
For years I've used an Android phone with no Google account attached - I simply skipped the OOB assistant and then created an account pointing on my company's Exchange, where all my mail/calendaring/contacts were. For maps, I used Sygic, which you can purchase outside Play Store.
Yes, I did lose Google Play, Youtube, Hangouts, but exactly that was the intent - not using Google services. Today, it would be even easier, with the existence F-Droid providing third-party apps.
- unethical_ban 8y agoF-Droid prompts me every day about app updates, even when there are none (it seems) and even when I've said not to give me notifications like that. Had to uninstall DNS66 and F-Droid because of it.