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Installed #GrapheneOS several days ago on my Pixel 8. It works great without any Google services! https://grapheneos.org/

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[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 19 points 3 weeks ago

Any ROM works great without Google Play Services. If anything, having MicroG installed makes things work less - I have a banking app that works fine on my old phone, without Google, but won't work on my new phone because of a CPS Profile mismatch.

MicroG is a house of cards that is very difficult to get stacked correctly. Most apps work fine without it. For those that don't, use something else, or just a web browser. Hell, you probably shouldn't be using so many apps anyway, given that you really can't be certain what they do when they're closed source.

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly this. My previous bank required me to use their app and it was closed source and so I ended up ditching that bank for a different bank that I could use their mobile website instead.

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