I don’t have. I hate things from Google.

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      19 days ago

      Google sucks, but Apple sucks too. And if you hate them both, Android is the better choice for a smartphone because you can use it with minimal interaction with Google whereas any Apple device firmly has you in the Apple ecosystem.

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    19 days ago

    I have Play Services on my secondary LineageOS device for some occasionally-needed things, but I don’t have it signed in with a google account.

    My daily driver is rooted with Play Services disabled; everything is from F-Droid or Aurora Store. Haven’t tried removing it with the de-bloater since it wouldn’t actually remove it (just masks it).

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    19 days ago

    Nope! I’m Google-app free.

    My only app store is F-Droid. And I have yet to install any proprietary apps on my phone.

    I’ve got Shelter set up in case my work ever pressures me to install any proprietary apps, but so far they haven’t pushed anyway.

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          19 days ago

          okay - i’ll have to check out organic maps; ty for the tip :)

          i dislike how my car’s entertainment system is all proprietary. i would love a foss option, but i am kinda new to this whole scene. i am trying to do better <3

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    19 days ago

    Roses are red, violets are blue, this post doesn’t make much sense but i actually agree with you too.

    I do however have it installed… Saaad, i guess.

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        18 days ago

        F-Droid apps are probably safe from this shit. Unfortunately, most people need proprietary apps too. Banking and official ID apps (for those in countries where the authorities have strongly adopted the internet for identification purposes) come to mind. Or the app from the provider your company chose to report working hours or input expense reports. Or Teams (again, mandatory for many jobs).

        If you can’t install those apps on your deGoogled cellphone - segregated in a work profile to prevent them from vacuuming your data of course - then you need a separate cellphone running the full Google spyware stack just for them, which is all shades of dystopian.

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    19 days ago

    In a different profile, sandboxed… I need it to get notifications between that profile and owner