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Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? by jstanley on Sunday December 09, 2018 @11:33AM (#18641669)
If your application is an intrinsic part of pretty much every GNU/Linux system, then yeah, pretty much.

It's not GNU/Linux that's not free, but it makes it hard to use a GNU/Linux system that is free.

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Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? by jjeaff on Sunday December 09, 2018 @02:35PM (#18642769)
Play store is not a requirement. You can use f-droid or something similar and it has most everything you might need.
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Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? by jstanley on Sunday December 09, 2018 @02:50PM (#18642861)
I know, and I do. In fact I don't have play services installed at all.

Unfortunately most people consider the play store to be a necessity, so its non-free nature is a problem.

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