Google sued: Idle Android eats mobile data to send telemetry and preload ads

Re:Google sued: Idle Android eats mobile data to send teleme... by nunodonato on Saturday November 14, 2020 @01:06PM (#25094146)

same with me. I'm buying a new phone soon due to mine being too old and slow. Librem seems like a great choice, even though it still has a quite good share of bugs... but I need to support this effort. It's sad the lack of alternatives

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Re:Google sued: Idle Android eats mobile data to send teleme... by 29083011397778 on Sunday November 15, 2020 @01:24AM (#25098783)

> I'm buying a new phone soon due to mine being too old and slow

And you don't think this is related to Google Play Services constantly running in the background, searching for networks, location, open & installed apps, and OS metrics, per the linked article?

Reading through r/BlackBerry, it seems my KeyOne is only useable because I've disabled Google Play Services - otherwise it would be dramatically slower with much worse battery life.

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Re:Google sued: Idle Android eats mobile data to send teleme... by nunodonato on Sunday November 15, 2020 @04:45AM (#25099712)

I might give that a try... I dont use any google services except maps, but there are easy alternatives to that. thanks for suggestion

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Re:Google sued: Idle Android eats mobile data to send teleme... by samoa42 on Sunday November 15, 2020 @09:48AM (#25101588)

> I dont use any google services except maps

you may have gotten that wrong

'google play services' is software package (app) that sits between the os (android) and the (other) apps. it provides a lot of middleware like maps and push-notifications. it has grown in power to the point that an android phone without them is pretty much pointless, hence micro-g tries to substitute.

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