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So, what's the current experience like on Android w/o Play services?

I know at some point it was quite bad but that there were some up-and-coming solutions.



microG as a semi-Play Services experience is fine, the only issue I have is that most network-based geolocation backends tend to be hit or miss. I usually have to enable the Apple location service if I need a fast geolocation.


Mozilla Location Services is crowdsourced, and you can contribute data from your area with the Tower Collector app to make geolocation faster for you:

https://github.com/zamojski/TowerCollector


Some apps (especially banking and governmental apps) refuse to start at all. With microG (https://microg.org/) you can run a wide range of apps though. It's quite bearable, especially if you aren't an app junkie that downloads every app promising a discount on that new store you're purchasing from.


I struggle to find any half-assed techy person who uses an app that won't run on AOSP/Calyx/GrapheneOS.




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