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by fifteen1506 977 days ago
Or GrapheneOS with Sandboxed Play Services running as regular user apps.
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wkat4242 977 days ago
They can still do a lot. I'd much rather use software I can inspect to talk to the services I really need (firebase push) and replace the ones I can (like location). MicroG is great for that <3

It can even fake some of the more basic safetynet attestation crap and during Covid they made their own version of the Bluetooth thing. Marvin the dev is a great guy.

I don't know why people hate on MicroG so much. Grapheneos devs foam at the mouth when you mention it and in the lineageos irc channel you get Insta kicked when you mention it.

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Brian_K_White 976 days ago
No one should use graphene.
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deadbunny 976 days ago
Why?
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Brian_K_White 976 days ago
Because it requires placing trust in someone who does not exhibit enough stability or rationality to justify that trust.
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soupbowl 976 days ago
I really like grapheneOS features and it clearly increased my battery life but... . After looking at the community, some of the developers, seem fragile and unstable. It is the only negative I have for grapheneOS but it stands out enough to make me reconsider using it.
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tentacleuno 975 days ago
I personally recommend CalyxOS. It's a well-known alternative which uses microG.
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