DeGoogle Yourself

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google is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degoogle (i.redd.it)

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

you can use gps without play services.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

How?

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.gms

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.gsf

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.ims

[–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Disable "(improve) location accuracy" in settings and location history in Google settings (I think)

[–] ben_dover@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

you can simply uninstall play services. not even microG, and gps still works