CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative

Re:CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative by uhtred on Friday August 06, 2021 @01:54PM (#28090672)

I've been using /e/os [1] for a while and I am very happy with it. It has microG integrated so any apps that rely on google play services should still work. [1] https://e.foundation/

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Re:CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative by kiawe_fire on Friday August 06, 2021 @05:22PM (#28092889)

Thanks, I hadn’t heard of /e/os until now.

I’m kind of surprised just how big this space of DeGoogled Android is right now. Far bigger than 6+ years ago when I last looked into it.

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Re:CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative by strcat on Friday August 06, 2021 @10:46PM (#28095242)

microG only provides a tiny subset of the Play services functionality. Only certain apps with work with it, not every app. It doesn't implement most.

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Re:CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative by uhtred on Saturday August 07, 2021 @08:43AM (#28098186)

I hardly use any apps that are not foss, really I just need slack and whatsapp, and they work well (push notifications etc) so microG works well for me (I don't think these 2 apps would work fully without microG but never tested that). Banking apps I don't use, and they probably wouldn't work, but hey, websites are still a thing.

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