• GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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        4 months ago

        In my testing most of the apps don't work without gapps so you can just install microg and Aurora in that case. But I use only FOSS apps now so idk if anything changed.

        • SatyrSack@lemmy.one
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          4 months ago

          I have definitely installed a handful of APKs over the years that did not work for me because they required Play Services, but that is far from being most of the APKs I've tried.

          • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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            4 months ago

            Well the apps I tried to install were mostly games because there are FOSS alternatives to almost everything that doesn't require Play Services and/or Play Integrity.

        • sag@lemm.ee
          hexagon
          ·
          4 months ago

          Well, I use WhatsApp and some other close source app. I have to go manually download APKs and install it.

          • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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            4 months ago

            Wait WhatsApp works on degoogled phones? I heard they started banning custom ROM users recently and degoogled ROMs can't be spoofed to look exactly like stock ones so isn't that dangerous?

            • sag@lemm.ee
              hexagon
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              4 months ago

              I de-googled my device by removing GAPPS for user0.