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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by commoner on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:00PM (#28844357)
I can confirm that video calls work in Signal on Android flavors that don't use Google Play Services, including both GrapheneOS and LineageOS.
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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:22PM (#28844600)
Thank you. Much appreciated. :)

(Perhaps WhatsApp might work as well, since, IME, it can be sideloaded and will work without a functional Google Play Services.)

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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by salusinarduis on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:30PM (#28844694)
Signal is specifically designed to work without Google Play Services, so expect a 1:1 experience when using it with these privacy conscious distros.

I'm confident Whatsapp will work, but I have not tried. Push notifications will not work without Google Play Services.

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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by commoner on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @05:34PM (#28845358)
According to Plexus, WhatsApp works perfectly on Android without Google Play Services, whether or not you have microG installed.[1] I think they implement their own push notification system if you download directly from them,[2] though I haven't confirmed this.

Discord works perfectly with microG, and has a 3/4 rating without it since notifications will only work if you have microG.

[1] https://plexus.techlore.tech/applications/whats-app

[2] https://www.whatsapp.com/android/

[3] https://plexus.techlore.tech/applications/discord

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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @06:19PM (#28845757)
IME, the notifications do work. I downloaded .apk directly from WhatsApp.
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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by krageon on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @04:46AM (#28849780)
> expect a 1:1 experience

Push notifications are bad and it drains significantly more battery.

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