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Is Google really a critical dependency for android? I've installed Lineage OS before which worked.
by okeuro49 5mo ago
Is Google really a critical dependency for android? I've installed Lineage OS before which worked.
- thewebguyd 5mo agoYes, because of play services. Eventually the world would adapt, but the immediate effect is that nearly every major commercial app that is increasingly requiring play integrity, play services will stop working. Push notifications will also break, as will the payment network. Google Pay, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay etc are essentially shadow banks now. The real impact of Google going dark though is less Android and more ads. Google fails, the revenue pipeline for 2 million + websites goes to zero overnight, and millions of digial businesses and agencies will go bankrupt within weeks. It would completely collapse the business model of the modern internet.
- chrismorgan 5mo agoYou almost make me hope, that the web can be saved.
- rchaud 5mo agoWe shouldn't be needing native apps at all to do things like banking. If it works in the browser on a laptop, why shouldn't it do so on a phone?
- SkiFire13 5mo agoAnd you did not notice how many things require Google Apps/Play Integrity? Heck, most people don't even know how to install apps without the Play Store.