Are you sure it won’t apply? As far as I understand, it’ll apply to all devices with Google services installed. Which includes most ROMs, as well as non-Google ROMs after you manually install gapps. Is my understanding off?
SkeletorOfDeath@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
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DupaCycki@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
eleitl@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
On GrapheneOS Play Services is sanboxed, so it cant affect other installation sources. It’s just one source of many.
Ihnivid@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Affected devices
The requirements apply to all “Google-certified Android devices” which includes:
Devices with Google Play Store Devices with Google Mobile Services (GMS) Devices with Play Protect All mainstream Android devices from manufacturers including Samsung, Xiaomi, Motorola, OnePlus, and Google Pixel
Custom ROMs without Google services & uncertified devices are not affected by these restrictions.
From the link
SkeletorOfDeath@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
[deleted]zeca@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Soon aurora store may stop working. They could add some crap to the apks in the play store that checks whether the phone has google services. So either the devs put their apks somewhere, or they put their binaries on the play store, which will just be a useless blob for those that dont have play services. Then we get another shitty cat an mouse game about spoofing play services, them catching up, on repeat.
Eagle0110@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Just get root, and it wouldn’t be too difficult to bypass.
I already bypass many of Google’s stupid and arbitrary restrictions like their minimal SDK version requirement for side-loading apps and such with Magisk and Xposed modules.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They also stopped support that allowed for easier development of custom ROMs a couple weeks back. So it’s not good news for custom ROMs. Either someone needs to form Android for good, or Linux phones are our next best bet.
Back in 2019 when the leadership changed, they moved to be 100% about advertising, which is why Google started going browser fingerprint tracking. Invasive is the name of the game. Within 6 months of that, they’re also locking down their entire ecosystem like Apples does, specifically to squeeze more data out for advertising. This isn’t an action taken in a vacuum.