[JepZ]

Well, Fdroid is great and with the automatic upgrade extension (totally optional) really easy to use. But using an Android without access to the Play Store is just kinda weird.

So yes, you can remove Google completely from your smartphone, but then many things are getting much more complicated. So I don't want to remove Google completely from my phone. I just want to have easy options to turn things off I do not like.

I just wish Google would respect their users wishes a little more and would keep developing their services in a direction which would embrace community contributions to the eco system.

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> So yes, you can remove Google completely from your smartphone, but then many things are getting much more complicated. > I just wish Google would respect their users wishes a little more [...] I just want to have easy options to turn things off I do not like.

This is not how things work in reality. People/corporations don't do what you want just because you're wishing it. If you are unwilling to tolerate a little bit of discomfort why should they tolerate the risk of changing their practices which have been proven to work? By continuing to buy Android devices, despite your complaints, you are, in fact, providing them with the opposite incentive.