Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens a backdoor to your life

Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by ryukafalz on Thursday August 05, 2021 @07:19PM (#28081329)

> all of the features that matter within Android, especially if you're going to de-Google yourself, are still there

Except, uh, GPS. Even for third party navigation apps.

Yes, I know about microG, but the fact that there had to be a third party reimplementation of what should be a standard system API is still a problem.

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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by commoner on Thursday August 05, 2021 @10:01PM (#28082472)

> Except, uh, GPS. Even for third party navigation apps.

AOSP does support GPS without needing any additional software, but does not have built-in support for Wi-Fi and cell tower triangulation. As you mentioned, UnifiedNlp (bundled with microG) optionally supports triangulation using a variety of location providers (including offline and online choices) for a faster location lock.

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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by fragileone on Thursday August 05, 2021 @10:07PM (#28082508)

Agreed, it's shitty of Google to have moved so much functionality into it's proprietary Play Services. Push Notifications API being in it bothers me even more. Unfortunately until Linux mobile operating systems catch up in functionality though I'm going to stick with GrapheneOS.

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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by gowld on Thursday August 05, 2021 @08:16PM (#28081725)

Yes, it's true you can't get everything you want for free with zero effort. Life is not fair.

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