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[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Everyone saying you can't have Graphene and google store apps as a daily driver must have given up day one or had some important app that they needed. I'm about 10 months in now.

Graphene sandboxes all the apps, including google services. Yes, it'd be ideal to ditch google all together but reality makes that not feasible for a lot of people. Which is why graphene went through the effort to makes google services work.

You do have to download Google Services Graphenes own mini "app store". gmail 2FA works, play store/and restoring purchases works, Android Auto works, push notifications work.

It is true, some apps do not work on graphene. Mostly banking apps with extra security. There is a compatibility mode you can set for the app that reduces Graphene's restrictions on the app. Sometimes that works.

So in short, yes the meme is true. We are still locked into google one way or another, but at least we don't have to let them and other apps steal all our data.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 8 points 5 days ago

Google services are kinda like those family members you’ll only come see at family gatherings, but you otherwise don’t let them into any other aspect of your life.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

You don't need to run any binaries from Google on your phone, and still get most apps running fine with CalyxOS.

It's not as hardened as Graphene, but I'm just looking for privacy while still having reliability and functionality.

It's been 3yrs as a daily, works great with my banks,a few medical applications etc. Tap to pay still doesn't work, and I don't want a Google account anyway.

do you know if Revolut is usable on Graphene again?