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From Google's perspective, an unusable privacy mode is a feature. It's the same reason that gstatic.com is refusing connections from proxy/VPN services, breaki
by mleonhard 5y ago
From Google's perspective, an unusable privacy mode is a feature. It's the same reason that gstatic.com is refusing connections from proxy/VPN services, breaking most Google apps and slowing down loading of every website that uses Google-hosted fonts (which is most websites).
- dredmorbius 5y agoTrust me, I've realised this and it makes the gratuitous breakage all the more aggrevating. I've been aggressive in removing Google from all aspects of my computing experience. When purchasing an e-ink reader/tablet earlier this year, avoiding Android was high on the list. I ended up with the Onyx BOOX line, which is Android, though a somewhat de-googlified variant. Google Play ... won't actually work, which I'm fine with. I've installed Google Play Services, though I'm aware of a third-party alternative. App stores are F-Droid, APK-Mirror, and Aurora. I'm trying to minimise use of non-free software as well. Not entirely successfully but within reason. The stock e-reader, Fennec Fox, EinkBro, Termux, and Pocket are my principle apps. Pocket is the only one of those that's not reasonably available from F-Droid (there's a very old version there, very badly broken --- the current version on Aurora is only badly broken.)