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> Then of course, just to install f-droid, I have to download it, allow installing apps from my file manager, which comes with some scary popups, then I have to
by sundarurfriend 6y ago
> Then of course, just to install f-droid, I have to download it, allow installing apps from my file manager, which comes with some scary popups, then I have to again enable the setting for f-droid, again after some scary popups.
Not only that, but every now and then when trying to update an F-Droid installed app, Android pops up an unexpected dialog asking if I want to enable "Play Protect". Its unpredictable, breaks the flow of the update process, and seems to have no way of disabling it.
- pacamara619 6y agoThis really bothered me too, so much so that I downloaded some unofficial LineageOS source code for the latest version, patched it for signature spoofing to be able to use microG and flashed it to my device. That play protect popup was the last straw. It reminded me that google is indeed watching every step on my android phone.