• emdash [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    MicroG might be installed, but I don’t use anything that uses it. Since Aurora lets you search for apps that don’t require it, I always go for one that doesn’t.

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        4 months ago

        The point is that people severely exaggerate how “unusable” a degoogled phone is. There are FOSS alternatives to most things, and anything there isn’t an alternative to is probably a shitty service that you’d be better off without (see: burger apps)

        • RION [she/her]@hexbear.net
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          4 months ago

          Banking apps are pretty important, as is mychart for my doctor. I suppose I could get them through browser or PWA but it’s massively easier to just get the app.

          I wouldn’t call a completely degoogled phone “unusable” but for most people it’s going to be mildly to massively inconvenient for little benefit. You can get like 90% of that benefit for 2% of the inconvenience with the sandboxed playstore