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My understanding is that completely de-googling the phone is somewhat hard because of Google Play Services being a prerequisite for many services. I understand

My understanding is that completely de-googling the phone is somewhat hard because of Google Play Services being a prerequisite for many services. I understand that you can get by without it, but many people find that somewhat of a burden.

wazoox 7y ago
The main missing part is a good maps/Waze equivalent. I don't need anything else that's not available on F-Droid. Now I'm a GNU/Linux user of strict observance (depends only on Free Software!), so I probably don't have the same requirements as most.
- ivanfon 7y ago
  Have you tried OsmAnd? (and if you have, what are your thoughts?)
  - wazoox 7y ago
    I didn't try it, but what I'll miss the most is traffic information (I live in a very crowded area with huge traffic jams).
garaetjjte 7y ago
There is also microG, free reimplemetation of Play Services: https://lineage.microg.org/ https://lineage.microg.org/
- izacus 7y ago
  Usual warning here: microG does talk to Google servers still so it's not really Google free. Way less than Google's version though.
scns 7y ago
WhatsApp works, but you have to check from time to time since Google made Playservices mandatory for push messages. Signal and Telegram don't.