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minus-squaredismay3915@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·16 hours agoLineage, graphene, calyx are pretty good tho. Much better than the android that comes with today’s stock phones.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 hours agoAnd yet most people install gApps. Because Android without Google Play Services doesn’t do everything you expect of your phone. This is intentional design to sell you on an “open” ecosystem that doesn’t work without Google.
minus-squarelongPuma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoIs MicroG not a viable alternative? How about apps utilizing unified push notifications if Google play services is a concern?
minus-square100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 hours agoAll of them exist as long as Google wants. We should hammer this point into our heads.
Lineage, graphene, calyx are pretty good tho. Much better than the android that comes with today’s stock phones.
And yet most people install gApps. Because Android without Google Play Services doesn’t do everything you expect of your phone. This is intentional design to sell you on an “open” ecosystem that doesn’t work without Google.
Is MicroG not a viable alternative? How about apps utilizing unified push notifications if Google play services is a concern?
All of them exist as long as Google wants. We should hammer this point into our heads.