CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative
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CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative
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Re: CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative
#2Since Microsoft now supports Android apps, you can expect ungoogled android to become more popular since more apps would be written which dont need play store
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#3So, what's the current experience like on Android w/o Play services?
I know at some point it was quite bad but that there were some up-and-coming solutions.
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#4Anybody have experience using something like this (or others like GrapheneOS) as a daily driver?
I’m interested in moving away from Apple and big tech in general, but I don’t know how practical that is yet.
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#5> you can make encrypted phone calls directly, using the built-in integration for Signal and WhatsApp calls
Does this mean WhatsApp is automatically installed with Calyx, or just that there are extra features if you manually install it?
Re: CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative
#6Since Microsoft now supports Android apps, you can expect ungoogled android to become more popular since more apps would be written which dont need play store
Doesn't the Microsoft Android support require an Amazon account, though?
Re: CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative
#7Anybody have experience using something like this (or others like GrapheneOS) as a daily driver? I’m interested in moving away from Apple and big tech in general, but I don’t know how practical that is yet.
I'm using GrapheneOS on a second device for various reasons. The biggest issue for me is that not all apps work / run. However, I have limited app requirements, so that is fine. If you want to run all social networks, Uber, Lyft, and so on, there might be the one or other that doesn't work (I didn't try them all). However, you can always use the mobile web offering I guess.
In terms of classical smartphone features, I know what I don't get out of the box due to the lack of Google Services (Assistant, Picture Sync, etc). That wasn't an issue for me as it is a secondary device.
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#8I don't know if they have this, but a good feature a privacy centric android experience would be, to have a simple accessible log of what app accessed what using which permission.
Re: CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative
#9Since Microsoft now supports Android apps, you can expect ungoogled android to become more popular since more apps would be written which dont need play store
Doesn't the Microsoft Android support require an Amazon account, though?
yes and no.
first of all: which services does Amazon provide that would make an app dependent on them in the same way it might be on Google services? does Amazon have its own system for push notifications? for weather data? for syncing contacts?
secondly: it has been confirmed that Android apps will be able to be sideloaded. a Microsoft employee tweeted about it but I can't really find the post right now
Re: CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative
#10Since Microsoft now supports Android apps, you can expect ungoogled android to become more popular since more apps would be written which dont need play store
I hope so, but at the same time, which app developer is going to target compatibility with the windows desktop when writing an app?
Also, how will/do apps that depend on Google Services work (or not)? Is there some shim or something?