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Sorry to post my shitty neofetch to this community

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[–] [email protected] 190 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (69 children)

Google "Only spy the web" is highly inaccurate...they are everywhere. In every website, in your android phone, in your YouTube, in your Google drive, in your email, in your Google maps...

Anyways... I will calm down now. :)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (23 children)

in your android phone

And if you try to revoke their spying access on a rooted stock device, they force a reboot ☹️

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (22 children)

Hence GrapheneOS sandboxing the Play Store. It is ironic that Google is the only phone manufacturer that allows for installing a different OS. But I suppose the fact that GrapheneOS has pushed security updates that have made it into stock Android and the fact that most users won't bother installing an alternative OS on their pixel phones is why they allow such shenanigans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can users who use Google Fi switch too? Will call screening still work?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I don't use Google Fi, but a quick search shows that many have gotten it to work with Graphene OS just fine. You can still install Fi from the Play Store, and it appears all works as intended as long as you grant it Network Permissions.

I'd do research on it though if you're truly interested. They have a link to their Matrix chat on their website where you can field general questions.

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