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by Freak_NL 1402 days ago
I'm impressed by GrapheneOS. Only when you need apps from the Play Store will you need a Google account. As long as anything you get there is free and easy to reinstate if you lose your Google account, that's not much of a risk.

For navigation without transportation, OsmAnd and OrganicMaps (both OpenStreetMap) often do quite well.
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gspr 1401 days ago
> Only when you need apps from the Play Store will you need a Google account.

Which is a lot of apps that society assume people have access to!

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melff 1402 days ago
You can use "Aurora Store" to download apps without a google account, I use that on lineageOS
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Freak_NL 1402 days ago
Is https://auroraoss.com/ their home page? This site gives off a weird vibe with the broken FAQ link and all.
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melff 1402 days ago
yes it is, and I agree their home page is shit. I downloaded it trough F-Droid and didn't really background check it, maybe you wanna take a look at their repo: https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore
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