DeGoogle Yourself

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google is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degoogle (i.redd.it)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (17 children)

I wish I could degoogle my android phone. Sadly, it would mean many of the apps I use would stop working..

As far as I understand, only F-droid apps would work on e.g. GrapheneOS - is this wrong? I believe there would be issues with

Local chatting app
Local map app (As good as OrganicMaps is, it seems to have limited support in route finding)
Local banking app
Local investing app
Apps for university affairs
Zoom

I feel so sad that I am locked to the platform..

EDIT: Just checked, seems like everything is reported to work except for local banking app. Sadly, it is too convenient to ditch..

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

You can get by for most apps with MicroG which is a cut down implementation of play services but some apps will absolutely refuse to run on a non-factory Android image.

Last time I was on a custom ROM I got most things to work to some extent but some jush didn't work e.g. NFC payments via Google Pay.

IIRC there's legislation being discussed in the EU that could compel Google to offer hardware signatures for custom ROMs in future.

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