muaveri@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is F-Droid and can it replace the Google Play Store?www.makeuseof.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down13
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkWhat is F-Droid and can it replace the Google Play Store?www.makeuseof.commuaveri@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareN3Cr0@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoImagine a world without Google Apps (cough location and license check services) Microsoft Office WhatsApp Instagram all the apps your non-IT friends are using daily Then you can get rid of Google on your phone.
minus-squareFisch@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoI run a degoogled custom rom and I can still use those apps (except for Google apps maybe but that would defeat the whole point anyway)
minus-squarevividspecter@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoLocation has a number of alternatives at least. Not sure what you mean by license check services, I’m guessing that’s a country specific thing.
minus-squareN3Cr0@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI noticed many apps in the PlayStore do license checks - even the free/demo versions. They also stated this in the permission list on the store page. However, most of them even ran offline when I checked last time.
Imagine a world without
Then you can get rid of Google on your phone.
I run a degoogled custom rom and I can still use those apps (except for Google apps maybe but that would defeat the whole point anyway)
Location has a number of alternatives at least. Not sure what you mean by license check services, I’m guessing that’s a country specific thing.
I noticed many apps in the PlayStore do license checks - even the free/demo versions. They also stated this in the permission list on the store page. However, most of them even ran offline when I checked last time.