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minus-squaredismay3915@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoLineage, graphene, calyx are pretty good tho. Much better than the android that comes with today’s stock phones.
minus-square100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days agoAll of them exist as long as Google wants. We should hammer this point into our heads.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days agoAnd yet most people install gApps. Because Android without Google Play Services doesn’t do everything you expect of your phone. This is intentional design to sell you on an “open” ecosystem that doesn’t work without Google.
Lineage, graphene, calyx are pretty good tho. Much better than the android that comes with today’s stock phones.
All of them exist as long as Google wants. We should hammer this point into our heads.
And yet most people install gApps. Because Android without Google Play Services doesn’t do everything you expect of your phone. This is intentional design to sell you on an “open” ecosystem that doesn’t work without Google.