DeGoogle Yourself

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A community for those that would like to get away from Google.

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google is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degoogle (i.redd.it)

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[–] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (17 children)

I wish I could degoogle my android phone. Sadly, it would mean many of the apps I use would stop working..

As far as I understand, only F-droid apps would work on e.g. GrapheneOS - is this wrong? I believe there would be issues with

Local chatting app
Local map app (As good as OrganicMaps is, it seems to have limited support in route finding)
Local banking app
Local investing app
Apps for university affairs
Zoom

I feel so sad that I am locked to the platform..

EDIT: Just checked, seems like everything is reported to work except for local banking app. Sadly, it is too convenient to ditch..

[–] lemmyarcade@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

GrapheneOS has the option to run sandboxed google play services which you can then download any google play store app. This allows for much greater security as the apps cannot see the other apps you download. Also, you could use Aurora Store which allows play store app downloads without a google account.

There are issues that can pop up and is something you'd need to look into on app by app basis. Lately, it seems they have most banking apps working though.

[–] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel like my local bank etc. is relatively shitty in terms of software, so I am expecting it to not work anywhere other than android & iOS. Local map apps and local messaging app is the bigger issue for me, though.

[–] rymdlord@feddit.nu 2 points 2 weeks ago

You should check out Sapio maybe someone has already checked if your banking app works!

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