• randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
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    3 days ago

    That is nice, but I need the Google Play Services for push notifications on the messaging app that everyone in my country uses. It’s sad, I know. If it weren’t for that I wouldn’t log in to a Google account on my Android phone either.

    • smiletolerantly@awful.systems
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      2 days ago

      Yeah OK, that’s fair. It’s really a shame how dependent notifications are on Google. ALl the other things - Mail, Photos, Drive,… - are a lot easier to replace.

    • Little8Lost@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I have e os based on murena. At least there they try their best to replace the google play services. If you have an old phone somewhere that does not get updates anymore you could safely try it out

    • ragas@lemmy.ml
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      2 days ago

      You don’t need to log in to google for any of what you listed to work with google play services.