32 points

Glad I use GrapheneOS and don’t use any Google apps or services anymore it’s amazing how I no longer get spam calls and texts since the switch.

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I de-google everything I can.

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Same but I think it will soon not be enough. I still cant believe it’s now so difficult to not be a google product, this is a digital nightmare built by decades of unregulated capitalism. Kiss my ass GAFAM.

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I mean, nothing is forcing anyone to use any specific product, and there are certainly smartphones with neither Android or iOS.

Personally, at some point I will switch from iPhone to an Android device that can work with something independent like /e/ or one of the other decent ones.

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De-googling is not enough, there must be nothing to de-Google from the start.

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That’s one approach but far more limited than just using a Google-free Android build like Lineage.

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Don’t you have issues with banking apps then? It’s the one thing holding me back from switching, but I haven’t really done a deep dive in it.

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Its a common misconception that banking apps don’t work on grapheneOS.

In some cases there is a feature call “expliot protection compatibility mode” that you have to enable, but the OS does it automatically for most banking apps.

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No my bank app doesn’t even use Google Play in anyway depends on the bank.

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I wish I had a Pixel.

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Oh hell no

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Sounds like a potential security hole. Hopefully there will be a way to fully disable it in the OS.

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Certainly would make hijacking other apps more easy if you could access the API.

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Can’t wait for it to completely mangle all my alarms. Google assistants already tell me “you don’t have a list called grocery” when I ask if bread is on it, but is happy to add it to the list again when I tell it to.

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That’s the whole point. Google assistant sucks because it only understands commands, and doesn’t understand natural language. This is Google’s attempt at making a truly great assistant, as they always envisioned it to be. Personally, I am very excited as there is a lot of potential in the technology. It would be a shame if they don’t execute well on it.

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And then people wonder why everyone is sitting on old Android versions. 😂

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