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by _rdvw 912 days ago
They literally include Google Widevine DRM and Google EUICC:

https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/devices/android_device_fairpho...

https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/devices/android_device_fairpho...

microG itself connects directly to Google: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Google-Network-Connec...

and /e/OS default enables those connections: https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/android_prebuilts_prebuilta...

including the default download and running of the proprietary Google SafetyNet binaries: https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/android_prebuilts_prebuilta...

Kuketz covered the connections made in full at the very end here: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/e-datenschutzfreundlich-bedeutet-...

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microG itself connects directly to Google: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Google-Network-Connec...

No shit, of course they do.

>In general, we obviously try to minimize the connections to Google, but some services strictly rely on them and would just not work without.

What exactly do you think they should do instead?

Be opt-in like the other systems, not opt-out.