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Re:Google activated battery saving mode on multiple phones, ... by kkarakk on Friday September 14, 2018 @01:15AM (#17984849)
obvious iphone user - google play services has full control of your phone. find your phone on android works because of this. if you don't trust google you CAN use the phone without google play services(you have to jump through some hoops like with everything privacy related)
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Re:Google activated battery saving mode on multiple phones, ... by sometimesijust on Friday September 14, 2018 @03:06AM (#17985242)
You don't even need to uninstall it. The permission to modify system settings etc can be set to not allowed in the Google Play Services app info page. So it isn't even surprising that the service can do what it did.
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