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Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 days (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 8 months ago* by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 11 points 8 months ago (4 children)

So, does it mean that degooglized android phones will suffer as well?

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

    This will take effect for only google "certified" phones. If you're using a custom rom with no gapps (including play services) installed, you will most likely be not affected.

    If some of your apps rely on play services, i can heavily recommend microg as replacement for it.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Do I have to install microg or graphene or whatever on my Google Pixel before that date or miss the boat?

    Have been putting it off.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    GrapheneOS has sandboxed play services that you can easily install to make sure apps work. my banking app only works with play store services so I installed them and set them to zero permissions. You can also make a second profile with nothing installed and switch when you need those apps. MicroG has never worked for me on any phone.

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