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>I've been using Android without Google Play services for a few months and everything works fine. What about maps? or Waze? Gmail?

by pravda 7y ago

thekyle 7y ago
I use the Google Maps PWA and never really used Waze to begin with. For email, I just use the stock Android email app which looks and acts very similar to the old Gmail app before the recent redesign.
Yetanfou 7y ago
Maps -> OsmAnd~ The usability of OsmAnd~ will depend greatly on the area where it is to be used. It can use a host of map tile providers and/or vector maps, the detail level of these varies from very good to hardly any. I use it in Sweden where it generally works fine. Waze -> ... OsmAnd~ can be used for navigation but it does not offer live traffic updates. Gmail -> my own mail server + K9 on Android Gmail is more or less equivalent to a mail user agent, right? Mail is an internet standard which has been around for a while, long before Google was launched from a scruffy server under a desk. With a bit of luck mail - or some other open protocol like it - will be around when Google has gone the way of so many of its predecessors. The list goes on: Google Search -> a private Searx instance Google Drive/Documents/etc -> Nextcloud on a private server Google News (remember that?) -> News application on the above mentioned Nextcloud server, using either the web front or one of the Android apps available on F-Droid. Youtube -> private Peertube instance on the already mentioned server Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram -> No need for such Whatsapp -> private XMPP (ejabberd) server using Conversations Android client, using OMEMO encryption. Also using Telegram app from F-Droid. Spotify et al -> Airsonic on that server I mentioned, feeding off my private collection and also serving internet radio stations (which it also sometimes uses to update the private collection). Using Dsub (from F-Droid) on Android, the web interface on PC's. The same collection can be reached through a host of MPD instances scattered about the place, these are controlled through MPDroid or M.A.L.P (both from F-Droid). There are also a few Kodi instances, controlled through Kore (from F-Droid). The list goes on. There is no Google-proprietary code on any of my Android devices yet they provide me with all these services.

>I've been using Android without Google Play services for a few months and everything works fine. What about maps? or Waze? Gmail?

by pravda 7y ago

>I've been using Android without Google Play services for a few months and everything works fine. What about maps? or Waze? Gmail?

thekyle 7y ago

I use the Google Maps PWA and never really used Waze to begin with. For email, I just use the stock Android email app which looks and acts very similar to the old Gmail app before the recent redesign.

Yetanfou 7y ago

Maps -> OsmAnd~ The usability of OsmAnd~ will depend greatly on the area where it is to be used. It can use a host of map tile providers and/or vector maps, the detail level of these varies from very good to hardly any. I use it in Sweden where it generally works fine. Waze -> ... OsmAnd~ can be used for navigation but it does not offer live traffic updates. Gmail -> my own mail server + K9 on Android Gmail is more or less equivalent to a mail user agent, right? Mail is an internet standard which has been around for a while, long before Google was launched from a scruffy server under a desk. With a bit of luck mail - or some other open protocol like it - will be around when Google has gone the way of so many of its predecessors. The list goes on: Google Search -> a private Searx instance Google Drive/Documents/etc -> Nextcloud on a private server Google News (remember that?) -> News application on the above mentioned Nextcloud server, using either the web front or one of the Android apps available on F-Droid. Youtube -> private Peertube instance on the already mentioned server Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram -> No need for such Whatsapp -> private XMPP (ejabberd) server using Conversations Android client, using OMEMO encryption. Also using Telegram app from F-Droid. Spotify et al -> Airsonic on that server I mentioned, feeding off my private collection and also serving internet radio stations (which it also sometimes uses to update the private collection). Using Dsub (from F-Droid) on Android, the web interface on PC's. The same collection can be reached through a host of MPD instances scattered about the place, these are controlled through MPDroid or M.A.L.P (both from F-Droid). There are also a few Kodi instances, controlled through Kore (from F-Droid). The list goes on. There is no Google-proprietary code on any of my Android devices yet they provide me with all these services.