Iām about to degoogle my stock Android phone. For the past few years, Iāve used it to handle the non-open source apps that I donāt want running on my main phone. As Iāve finally weaned off GApps, I realize that I might as well go degoogle the rom as well.
edit: to be clear, Iāll be using sandboxed Play services on GOS
But since that phone is my compatibility guinea pig, is it likely Iāll still run into an app that demands unmodded Android with no alternatives? In your experience, has any bank or other service required the app on regular Android, with no alternative for the desktop, browser, etc?
I still have to find that app that does not just run in GOS. There may be a few that I donāt know about because I donāt use them, but all the ones I use just work.
Granted, most of my daily use apps are FOSS and installed either from F-Droid or from source repo.
Authy 2fa doesnāt work on GOS because of Play Integrity. GOS has been talking with regulators in the EU about this.
An Amazon delivery locker doesnāt open without Sandboxed Google Play installed, Iāve switched to post office deliveries. I had to change my account user name to my actual name ( my name is extremely common so no big deal really) but at least I donāt have Amazonās shit app installed anymore.
Google Pay doesnāt work.
Android Auto is hit and miss.
An Amazon delivery locker doesnāt open without Sandboxed Google Play installed
Isnāt it just a barcode or a code you type in?
Neat, that shows you how often I use them! Iād be very surprised if there was no backup code option though, not everyone has a smartphone.
NFC payments with Google wallet, in theory if your bank provides the service in their app, you could still use this kind of payment, havenāt tried it tho.
Also I only found a developer for which their games donāt work, itās the developer of guardian tales.
Aside from that, with sandboxed play services there hasnāt been any difference since I migrated to GOS.