The thing is, Google Play Services is integrated into the OS. Like Microsoft back then, they’ve made it so that the OS doesn’t work properly without it. For example, notifications won’t work. Some background tasks will stop. The battery will last less time. You won’t be able to log in to any google app, and some third party ones won’t let you log in either. Forget about banking apps. The list keeps going…
I really don’t know how Google is allowed to do all this after Microsoft got (rightfully) destroyed in court for doing the same with Internet Explorer.
I de-googled my phone and the battery lasts 2 days now. Just throw MicroG or GAPS on a lineage android and you’re golden. took me a day to do my gf and Is phones. Google can eat a dick.
With evilgoogle services shut down battery lasts longer. Notifications only from non google phone, sms and email app. My bank lets me use online without app. So while you are right for most people - in my case i not lose no important thing. I even still on android 12 phone just to be sure i can disable assistant and avoid gemini.
I don’t use google apps, dialers, gps, browser - most of things are from fdroid, so i believe i can live without evilgoogle crap.
The thing is, Google Play Services is integrated into the OS. Like Microsoft back then, they’ve made it so that the OS doesn’t work properly without it. For example, notifications won’t work. Some background tasks will stop. The battery will last less time. You won’t be able to log in to any google app, and some third party ones won’t let you log in either. Forget about banking apps. The list keeps going…
I really don’t know how Google is allowed to do all this after Microsoft got (rightfully) destroyed in court for doing the same with Internet Explorer.
I de-googled my phone and the battery lasts 2 days now. Just throw MicroG or GAPS on a lineage android and you’re golden. took me a day to do my gf and Is phones. Google can eat a dick.
With evilgoogle services shut down battery lasts longer. Notifications only from non google phone, sms and email app. My bank lets me use online without app. So while you are right for most people - in my case i not lose no important thing. I even still on android 12 phone just to be sure i can disable assistant and avoid gemini.