Re:MicroG Project: A re-implementation of Google's Android a...
by m-p-3 on Thursday November 03, 2016 @07:11PM
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More and more of Google apps depends on Google Play services, and that isn't open-source at all.
AOSP might be open-source, but running Android without these services makes it much less usable.
And some systems built into Google Play Services like SafetyNet have their purpose and their reason of being present (Android Pay and ensuring the stored data remain secure), but in some case they might stop an enthusiastic user of using a customized version of the OS because of missing features.
AOSP might be open-source, but running Android without these services makes it much less usable.
And some systems built into Google Play Services like SafetyNet have their purpose and their reason of being present (Android Pay and ensuring the stored data remain secure), but in some case they might stop an enthusiastic user of using a customized version of the OS because of missing features.