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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by meruru on Saturday April 06, 2019 @02:40PM (#19592299)
Why not run Lineage OS then?
Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by Arelius on Saturday April 06, 2019 @03:19PM (#19592487)
I dunno, switching from a phone with a pre-installed Google maintained OS to a custom rom of a Google maintained OS isn't exactally fully cutting Google out.
Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by Yetanfou on Saturday April 06, 2019 @04:34PM (#19592860)
AOSP and its derivatives may be maintained by Google but they don't call home without the proprietary Google apps. Just leave those off and use something like F-Droid to get apps and you're Google-free. None of the Android devices I use (phones and tablets) has any Google-proprietary code installed, all of them work fine without such.
Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by meruru on Saturday April 06, 2019 @07:28PM (#19593674)
Lineage is Android sans Google. It's exactly what you want if you want to cut Google out.