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0 pointssearchableguy6y ago0 comments

You can atleast remove the googleware to a great degree, you can't do the same for iPhones easily.

Huge difference. You have fdroid, apk slicer and alternative stores without google gate-keeping. You can reflash your phone with ungoogled android or open source alternative gapps package. Use microG to sandbox google stuff.

There are ton of ways to contain googleware.

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xtian6y ago

Which of those do you think are accessible to the average user?

sudosysgen6y ago

All of them if someone else does the initial set up, from first hand experience.

xtian6y ago

What about updates or when something goes wrong?

searchableguyOP6y ago

Does google provide you support when something otherwise go wrong? No. Unless of course it's a pixel.

And I have a custom rom which gets update every month. Ungoogled. :)

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sudosysgen6y ago

For updates, you hit the update button. When something goes wrong, same as others.

michaelmrose6y ago

You can still use the google play store and switch email, maps, and browser and give almost no data to google and anyone can install apps in google play.

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xtian6y ago

Which of those do you think are accessible to the average user?

sudosysgen6y ago

All of them if someone else does the initial set up, from first hand experience.

xtian6y ago

What about updates or when something goes wrong?

searchableguyOP6y ago

Does google provide you support when something otherwise go wrong? No. Unless of course it's a pixel.

And I have a custom rom which gets update every month. Ungoogled. :)

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sudosysgen6y ago

For updates, you hit the update button. When something goes wrong, same as others.

michaelmrose6y ago

You can still use the google play store and switch email, maps, and browser and give almost no data to google and anyone can install apps in google play.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse