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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals by filcuk on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @06:33AM (#37672754)
DavX5 is life changing
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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals by gausswho on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @09:48AM (#37674614)
I'm not understanding how it's able to provide sync of calendar contacts while using the GSuite apps, without said apps dialing home.
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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals by sureglymop on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @11:26AM (#37676055)
It uses CalDav and CardDav to sync calendars and contacts with the android system, not with these apps. If you build android from source it doesn't come with the GApps suite and you can use any other calendar and contacts apps which then use the calendars and contacts provided by the system.
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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals by johnnyworker on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:42PM (#37677349)
I'm sure there are many ways, but I used https://sabre.io/baikal/ to get a CalDAV and CardDAV server on cheap (shared, bog standard) web hosting, and then pointed Thunderbird to it. Apart from automatic syncing of contacts between devices, I can now edit my phone contacts on the desktop, which is so awesome.
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