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Try running without Google play services sometime. Google might not be gatekeepers, but there’s no practical way to opt out of having them poking around in you
by hedora 2y ago
Try running without Google play services sometime.
Google might not be gatekeepers, but there’s no practical way to opt out of having them poking around in your phone.
- thrtythreeforty 2y agoI'm typing this on a freshly installed copy of GrapheneOS, which has special support for sandboxing Google Play Services as a normal app. It works flawlessly. It gets only the permissions you grant - suddenly Maps isn't stopping me from switching apps while navigating and I don't even have to have the Assistant installed. You do have to buy a Pixel, ironically the only phones with good enough manufacturer support for Graphene to support them. And be willing to spend 10 minutes clicking through the installer. But it's quite an upgrade from a stock Google image.
- PenguinCoder 2y agoGraphene OS web based installer, works well. Of course they only need to support one type of phone with various hardware, not hundreds different ones. The only thing I'm upset with while using Graphene is lack of NFC payments because Google Pay claims this phone isn't "secure enough"