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Everyone running android play services on their phone has to trust Google, right?
by ahofmann 5y ago
Everyone running android play services on their phone has to trust Google, right?
- mrweasel 5y agoMany might not have a choice. If you need a SmartPhone and can’t afford an iPhone, you’re out of options. Most of the apps people actually need has to be installed via the Play Store. You basically get a (more) privacy focus OS from a luxury brand or you get your OS from an advertising company.
- marosgrego 5y agoThey can run an ungoogled ROM, like LineageOS.
- malka 5y agoFor one, I don't. But since having a smartphone is mandatory, I have one.
- perryizgr8 5y agoI don't, but I have no other alternative that feels better to me. 1. Buy a standard android but spend ages trying to de-google it. 2. Buy an iphone, but then I just have to trust another trillion $ company, and pay much more too. 3. Live my life without a phone. I choose 1 because that seems the least worse option right now.