112 sats \ 6 replies \ @nullama OP 6 Mar 2023 \ parent \ on: Is Android the most common OS these days? bitcoin
GrapheneOS is amazing.
I'm running everything I need and I don't even use the Google Play Services compatibility layer app.
Having said that, even if you install those Google apps on GrapheneOS, they don't have more privileges than any other app, so you can just revoke access to whatever you want, and it behaves.
On a normal phone Google can do anything to everything without you knowing.
I recently switched to GrapheneOS from iOS, since I was getting pretty tired of Apple's privacy LARP. In general, it's been such a huge downgrade for me, but I'm willing to stick with it to give it a fair shake. The thing that bugs me the most is just how many apps (especially ones I consider essential, things like Lyft) require google play services. At the very least, they can be sandboxed, but I'm finding myself significantly more googled than when I started
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Services like Lyft often offer a web app. I've tried Uber and it works perfectly well on the browser. No need to install any Google stuff.
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Interesting, didn't know that. Assumed since it's so reliant on maps that they needed a native app. Thanks for the info!
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Good.
Also is clear that you do not run Muun.
Muun cannot be installed without google services.
100 sats for that.
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BlueWallet and Blixt run perfectly fine in GrapheneOS without Google Services.
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Yes. And many others.
OBW, Electrum, Phoenix, Zeus, Breez.
Also WoS and ZBD do not work without google services.
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