Peoples expectation for “working” is “has absolutely all features that you would have with google, no exceptions”. If even a single feature is missing, people will scream thats its unusable.
I’m starting to think that I want to carry around 2 phones, one cheap android for stuff like this, and a main device that’s fully free since it doesn’t have to make compromises
On GrapheneOS in Austria I’ve yet to encounter this problem, fortunately. I can’t use Authy because they’re dipshits, but the government apps just show an (annoying) warning every time I use them.
I also can’t pay with my phone anymore because Google is a dipshit as well. Fuck Google. Only thing I need them for these days is YouTube.
You don’t need Google account for your phone to work.
Peoples expectation for “working” is “has absolutely all features that you would have with google, no exceptions”. If even a single feature is missing, people will scream thats its unusable.
The problem starts when a government service or your bank requires an app that needs play services/ uses play integrity API.
I’m starting to think that I want to carry around 2 phones, one cheap android for stuff like this, and a main device that’s fully free since it doesn’t have to make compromises
In my experience microG runs all of those apps without issue.
On GrapheneOS in Austria I’ve yet to encounter this problem, fortunately. I can’t use Authy because they’re dipshits, but the government apps just show an (annoying) warning every time I use them.
I also can’t pay with my phone anymore because Google is a dipshit as well. Fuck Google. Only thing I need them for these days is YouTube.
I use NewPipe instead of YouTube, which works quite well and without ads.