@[email protected] to DeGoogle [email protected]English • 1 month agogoogle is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degooglei.redd.itimagemessage-square376fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down143
arrow-up11.29Karrow-down1imagegoogle is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degooglei.redd.it@[email protected] to DeGoogle [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square376fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 month agoDisable “(improve) location accuracy” in settings and location history in Google settings (I think)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agogoogle play services would still periodically query your location, even when on gps only. it’s a privileged app so you can’t even block it from doing so. MicroG (on lineageOS or calyxOS), or GrapheneOS’ sandboxed play services can help with that
minus-squaremerde alorslinkfedilink1•1 month agoyou can simply uninstall play services. not even microG, and gps still works
Disable “(improve) location accuracy” in settings and location history in Google settings (I think)
google play services would still periodically query your location, even when on gps only. it’s a privileged app so you can’t even block it from doing so. MicroG (on lineageOS or calyxOS), or GrapheneOS’ sandboxed play services can help with that
you can simply uninstall play services. not even microG, and gps still works