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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by Mediterraneo10 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:06AM (#25068921)
No, the LineageOS devs say that their project does not aim to completely de-Google the OS, only remove Google Play Services and some Google applications like Maps. Thus, geolocation, DNS and login portal detection in LineageOS still use Google's servers.
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by izacus on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:27AM (#25069067)
Ugh, that's very disappointing then, I've always advised Lineage to people who wanted to deGoogle their phones :/
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by prox on Thursday November 12, 2020 @10:30AM (#25070890)
You are literally on a phone that was/is heavily subsidized by Google. They hold all the keys and own all the doors, if you want to degoogle, go Purism/Pinephone/Linuxphone.
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by andrepd on Thursday November 12, 2020 @08:01AM (#25069368)
To be fair, lineage+microg is probably the best you can get while still keeping a reasonable level of convenience (that is, still running android and most popular apps).
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by andysch on Thursday November 12, 2020 @12:18PM (#25072033)
agree. Even better with same reasonable level of convenience is iodé
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by jmnicolas on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:36PM (#25074601)
There's GrapheneOS if you have a Pixel 2+ or /e/ os for other phones.
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by orestarod on Saturday November 14, 2020 @05:11PM (#25096139)
/e/ is based on LineageOS, not even the latest at that, and searching on it a bit smells a bit of BS.
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by cassepipe on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:35AM (#25069142)
What about /e/ ? It's been a while I haven't heard about them.
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by dredmorbius on Thursday November 12, 2020 @10:58AM (#25071183)
Least. Fucking. Searchable. Name. Ever.

Arguable worse than R, C, or Word.

"Gee, let's take the most frequently occurring letter in English usage, and bracket it with Web-significant non-text punctuation."

"e Foundation" will find them.

No idea on status/news.

https://e.foundation

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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by jlkuester7 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @12:05PM (#25071873)
I follow Gaël Duval (the founder of /e/OS on Mastodon. https://mastodon.social/@gael

He gives regular status updates and they seem to be making good progress. I played with /e/OS a long time ago when it first came out and found the microg integration to be excellent (have had trouble in the past getting LineageOS + microg to work...). I am planning to flash /e/OS onto a phone again soon to see the latest progress.

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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by javierseballos on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:53PM (#25074100)
And i think its for the best. This ROM is a joke: outdated, the store is full of outdated or non-original apps. Its a lack of respect for their users to market a device as secure with an unencrypted ROM with bootloader unlocked
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers by srtjstjsj on Thursday November 12, 2020 @08:21AM (#25069533)
OK, but it's weird to blame Google for Lineage's philosophical position. As it stands Google has contributed to LineagoOS far far more non-Googlr-dependent stuff than Lineage has.
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