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No, the LineageOS devs say that their project does not aim to completely de-Google the OS, only remove Google Play Services and some Google applications like Ma

No, the LineageOS devs say that their project does not aim to completely de-Google the OS, only remove Google Play Services and some Google applications like Maps. Thus, geolocation, DNS and login portal detection in LineageOS still use Google's servers.

izacus 6y ago
Ugh, that's very disappointing then, I've always advised Lineage to people who wanted to deGoogle their phones :/
- andrepd 6y ago
  To be fair, lineage+microg is probably the best you can get while still keeping a reasonable level of convenience (that is, still running android and most popular apps).
  - andysch 6y ago
    agree. Even better with same reasonable level of convenience is iodé
- prox 6y ago
  You are literally on a phone that was/is heavily subsidized by Google. They hold all the keys and own all the doors, if you want to degoogle, go Purism/Pinephone/Linuxphone.
- jmnicolas 6y ago
  There's GrapheneOS if you have a Pixel 2+ or /e/ os for other phones.
  - orestarod 6y ago
    /e/ is based on LineageOS, not even the latest at that, and searching on it a bit smells a bit of BS.
cassepipe 6y ago
What about /e/ ? It's been a while I haven't heard about them.
- dredmorbius 6y ago
  Least. Fucking. Searchable. Name. Ever. Arguable worse than R, C, or Word. "Gee, let's take the most frequently occurring letter in English usage, and bracket it with Web-significant non-text punctuation." "e Foundation" will find them. No idea on status/news. https://e.foundation https://e.foundation
- jlkuester7 6y ago
  I follow Gaël Duval (the founder of /e/OS on Mastodon. https://mastodon.social/@gael https://mastodon.social/@gael He gives regular status updates and they seem to be making good progress. I played with /e/OS a long time ago when it first came out and found the microg integration to be excellent (have had trouble in the past getting LineageOS + microg to work...). I am planning to flash /e/OS onto a phone again soon to see the latest progress.
- javierseballos 6y ago
  And i think its for the best. This ROM is a joke: outdated, the store is full of outdated or non-original apps. Its a lack of respect for their users to market a device as secure with an unencrypted ROM with bootloader unlocked
srtjstjsj 6y ago
OK, but it's weird to blame Google for Lineage's philosophical position. As it stands Google has contributed to LineagoOS far far more non-Googlr-dependent stuff than Lineage has.

izacus 6y ago

Ugh, that's very disappointing then, I've always advised Lineage to people who wanted to deGoogle their phones :/

andrepd 6y ago
To be fair, lineage+microg is probably the best you can get while still keeping a reasonable level of convenience (that is, still running android and most popular apps).
- andysch 6y ago
  agree. Even better with same reasonable level of convenience is iodé
prox 6y ago
You are literally on a phone that was/is heavily subsidized by Google. They hold all the keys and own all the doors, if you want to degoogle, go Purism/Pinephone/Linuxphone.
jmnicolas 6y ago
There's GrapheneOS if you have a Pixel 2+ or /e/ os for other phones.
- orestarod 6y ago
  /e/ is based on LineageOS, not even the latest at that, and searching on it a bit smells a bit of BS.

cassepipe 6y ago

What about /e/ ? It's been a while I haven't heard about them.

dredmorbius 6y ago
Least. Fucking. Searchable. Name. Ever. Arguable worse than R, C, or Word. "Gee, let's take the most frequently occurring letter in English usage, and bracket it with Web-significant non-text punctuation." "e Foundation" will find them. No idea on status/news. https://e.foundation https://e.foundation
jlkuester7 6y ago
I follow Gaël Duval (the founder of /e/OS on Mastodon. https://mastodon.social/@gael https://mastodon.social/@gael He gives regular status updates and they seem to be making good progress. I played with /e/OS a long time ago when it first came out and found the microg integration to be excellent (have had trouble in the past getting LineageOS + microg to work...). I am planning to flash /e/OS onto a phone again soon to see the latest progress.
javierseballos 6y ago
And i think its for the best. This ROM is a joke: outdated, the store is full of outdated or non-original apps. Its a lack of respect for their users to market a device as secure with an unencrypted ROM with bootloader unlocked

srtjstjsj 6y ago

OK, but it's weird to blame Google for Lineage's philosophical position. As it stands Google has contributed to LineagoOS far far more non-Googlr-dependent stuff than Lineage has.