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shortwavesurfer@monero.town 8 months agoYes. Its basically AOSP (android Open Source Project) with just enough stuff to make the device useable and you have to add everything else on top of it. A lot of custom ROMs use LineageOS as their base and build from that point.
Hyperreality@kbin.social 8 months ago
Unfortunately it's a no go if you're using banking or government apps.
Not how it should be, but how it is.
shortwavesurfer@monero.town 8 months ago
I think it depends a lot on the app itself. My banking app works perfectly fine, on it with no Google Play services, but I have seen apps that completely will not open at all, except to give an error message, so I know what you mean. That is not specifically a lineage problem as much as its a google play services problem. Yoi can install gapps and those apps will work, but IMO that defeats the point.
ayaya@lemdro.id 8 months ago
It doesn’t necessarily defeat the point if the only reason you are using Lineage is for OS updates and not for privacy reasons. That was my original reason for using it before de-googling.
I don’t have google play services anymore but I do still use microG just for Revanced because I am a psychopath that actually likes YouTube recommendations.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 8 months ago
And using a browser will always work.