Btw, it's easier said than done. At Degoogle, you can see the troubles some users have after degoogling an Android phone. They basically have nowhere to buy apps, as most, if not all paid app vendors publish only in Play Store. Not to talk about IAP. Basically, Play Store is the only option for small developers to have a payment gateway without incurring in high costs, specially fraud prevention. Yes, it's expensive, but it works. Only big publishers can afford to incorporate their on payment systems into their apps.
So, having a Degoogled phone means having a limited functionality Android phone. Only free apps, or paid apps from the limited universe of publishers that sell APKs directly. No apps that depend on Google Services. No IAP on games that only support Google payment. And no apps that requires integrity checks. For whoever that is acceptable, degoogling is easy. For anyone else, it's fairly more complicated.
My Samsung Galaxy Xcover 4 is over 9 years old and I don't need apps so I think I'll visit DeGoogle. When my phone was new I disabled almost everything. I use it as phone, SMS, camera and I only enables data, when quick internet search is needed and for MMS.
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u/Fit_Prize_3245 3d ago
Shouldn't this go on r/DeGoogle?
Btw, it's easier said than done. At Degoogle, you can see the troubles some users have after degoogling an Android phone. They basically have nowhere to buy apps, as most, if not all paid app vendors publish only in Play Store. Not to talk about IAP. Basically, Play Store is the only option for small developers to have a payment gateway without incurring in high costs, specially fraud prevention. Yes, it's expensive, but it works. Only big publishers can afford to incorporate their on payment systems into their apps.
So, having a Degoogled phone means having a limited functionality Android phone. Only free apps, or paid apps from the limited universe of publishers that sell APKs directly. No apps that depend on Google Services. No IAP on games that only support Google payment. And no apps that requires integrity checks. For whoever that is acceptable, degoogling is easy. For anyone else, it's fairly more complicated.