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by XiS 933 days ago
Yet another reason to be a happy GAPPSless LineageOS user
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What's GAPless? I've been thinking about trying out LineageOS on a refurbished phone, so I'd love to know what I can do to make it even better.
I think it means without "Google Apps" installed (gmail, play, maps, etc, etc).
You're kidding yourself if you think three letter agencies don't have LOS users on a list and have capabilities to spy on them on demand with tailored access.
Maybe, but for sure avoiding stock Android and Google apps increases privacy a lot.
Depends on your definition of privacy. Maybe privacy from Google, at the cost of additional scrutiny from domestic intelligence services.
There are few cases where that would be worse than using a normal all-monitoring android