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If you want to escape Google's monopoly, you can use LineageOS without google apps, as opposed to the malware and spyware-ridden trash that usually comes preins
by andrepd 1y ago
If you want to escape Google's monopoly, you can use LineageOS without google apps, as opposed to the malware and spyware-ridden trash that usually comes preinstalled on your phone.
- theandrewbailey 1y agoEven if you run LineageOS without Google, LineageOS still phones home to Google for DNS and captive portal checks. https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
- andrepd 1y agoYes, that's unfortunate. But it is "easily" patchable (and a world of difference from actually running google play services with root privileges on your phone).
- udev4096 1y agoThat can be easily patched. If you want a full "de-google" experience, GOS is the only perfect option
- spaqin 1y agoFunny how the fully "de-googled" experience starts with buying a Google device.
- udev4096 1y agoThat is going to change soon enough. GOS is working towards having their own device. It's going to take a few years at least
- theandrewbailey 1y agoTo a normie non-tech person, buying a several hundred dollar Google phone, only to delete Google from it sounds stupid, like you've set your money on fire. Yes, I have a Pixel with GrapheneOS.