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The goal of some MicroG users is to completely remove all Google apps. It's more a matter of preference and principle than the app not working. Also, Maps is c
by Liquix 7y ago
The goal of some MicroG users is to completely remove all Google apps. It's more a matter of preference and principle than the app not working.
Also, Maps is constantly harvesting location data and beaming it back to G servers, something many MicroG users are explicitly trying to prevent.
- StavrosK 7y agoI'm still disappointed by Google's ongoing refusal to implement "allow only while in foreground" permissions to apps (for things like location).
- mcv 7y agoI think there's two different use cases for Lineage + MicroG: remove all ties to Google, and make sure they can't track you, no matter what convenience and functionality you sacrifice; and remove as many ties to Google as possible without sacrificing significant convenience and functionality. The latter of course rewards Google for their sleaziest, most locked-down services that everybody still needs. The former punishes the user for the same thing.