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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by somat on Monday February 06, 2023 @03:17PM (#34683692)
I have an old refurb pixel 3 I bought to put linage OS on but it was a verizon device and has a locked bootloader. sigh so no alternate android for me.. Anyway I am using it as a daily driver with the stock pixel android package and have zero google accounts. I mainly use f-droid and adb.
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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by sanchay on Monday February 06, 2023 @03:55PM (#34684201)
Check out Aurora store as an alternative to Play Store

No Google login yet have access to all apps without the hassle of adb

I personally use F-droid + Aurora Store.

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by efreak on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @02:19PM (#34713332)
For stuff that can't use fdroid, check out obtainium, it can pull releases directly from GitHub, etc. Shizuku is also useful for background-installing apps via some of the fdroid alternative clients (and some apps like Tachiyomi can use it for extensions and other local-adb things), as is App Manager for background-installing apps via local adb.

https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium https://github.com/RikkaApps/Shizuku https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager

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