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An average person doesn't need to remove Play Store to install F-droid. But if that average person want to remove Play Store (and Play Services blobs) complete
by snaky 8y ago
An average person doesn't need to remove Play Store to install F-droid.
But if that average person want to remove Play Store (and Play Services blobs) completely from his devices, he still can use and update the most of his apps using Yalp. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.yeriomin.yalpstore/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.yeriomin.yalpstor...
- snazz 8y agoI had forgotten about Yalp. Wouldn’t you still encounter compatibility issues with apps that require Play Services functionality?
- snaky 8y agoAn average person would be amazed by the fact most of apps he is using actually work perfectly without Play Services, despite the fact almost all of them declare Play Services in their manifests as absolutely required. This stay true even for the games, although some functions like in-game purchases and 'social' things may not work.
- darkpuma 8y ago> "although some functions like in-game purchases and 'social' things may not work." Some may even consider that a feature.
- agret 8y agoNo in-game purchases is a dealbreaker but if they are available from the Amazon store that would solve that issue. In-app purchases are way cheaper on Amazon since you can just buy $500 of coins at once and get a significant discount.
- seba_dos1 8y agoFor that you want microG: https://microg.org/ https://microg.org/ Works fine for me.
- ppseafield 8y agoI used LineageOS with microg on my Nexus 5x for a long time, and it mostly worked. With Magisk Hide I could use my bank apps. But I never got Lyft, Uber, or Bird to work properly.
- thekyle 8y agoHave you tried the Uber PWA? It should work with Mozilla's location API (which microg uses).
- forgotmypw3 8y agoThank you for this! I have been making it a "soft transition", where I don't waste my time trying to remove PS, just look in FD for anything I need. This will help.