ooli2@lemm.ee to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agogoogle is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degooglei.redd.itimagemessage-square349fedilinkarrow-up11.14Karrow-down134
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minus-squaremerde alors@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 hours agoyou can use gps without play services.
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoHow?
minus-squaremerde alors@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 hour agoadb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.gms adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.gsf adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.ims
minus-squarefallingcats@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 hours agoDisable “(improve) location accuracy” in settings and location history in Google settings (I think)
minus-squareben_dover@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agogoogle play services would still periodically query your location, even when on gps only. it’s a privileged app so you can’t even block it from doing so. MicroG (on lineageOS or calyxOS), or GrapheneOS’ sandboxed play services can help with that
minus-squaremerde alors@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoyou can simply uninstall play services. not even microG, and gps still works
you can use gps without play services.
How?
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.gms
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.gsf
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.ims
Disable “(improve) location accuracy” in settings and location history in Google settings (I think)
google play services would still periodically query your location, even when on gps only. it’s a privileged app so you can’t even block it from doing so. MicroG (on lineageOS or calyxOS), or GrapheneOS’ sandboxed play services can help with that
you can simply uninstall play services. not even microG, and gps still works