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      22 months ago

      Nice! I didn’t know play services worked (I’m asking genuinely), and therefore pay and auto and some other pure Google stuff didn’t work

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        128 days ago

        You can installed Google Play Services if you choose, and it’ll run sandboxed (i.e. like any other app). I personally don’t use Google Play at all on my main profile, and I have a dedicated profile for when I do need it.

        That said, some apps just won’t work regardless, like some banking apps (it’ll fail the bootloader check). But everything I need works, and I have mostly replaced the Google-specific apps w/ alternatives (e.g. Organic Maps instead of Google Maps). My car isn’t new enough to support Android Auto, so I have no experience with any limitations there.

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          128 days ago

          Got it.

          Could you run the other apps sandboxed too?

          Like, install chase banking from play store, and run the app from the sandbox?

          Also what about Microsoft authenticator

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            228 days ago

            Apps already run in a sandbox in regular Android, and GrapheneOS gives you a few more options (e.g. storage scopes and whatnot). What GrapheneOS does differently is force Google Play Services to also run in that same sandbox, so it behaves like a regular app instead of a privileged system service.