ooli2@lemm.ee to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agogoogle is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degooglei.redd.itimagemessage-square359linkfedilinkarrow-up11.37Karrow-down141
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minus-squarefallingcatslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoDisable “(improve) location accuracy” in settings and location history in Google settings (I think)
minus-squareben_dover@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agogoogle play services would still periodically query your location, even when on gps only. it’s a privileged app so you can’t even block it from doing so. MicroG (on lineageOS or calyxOS), or GrapheneOS’ sandboxed play services can help with that
minus-squarernercle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoyou can simply uninstall play services. not even microG, and gps still works
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 months agodeleted by creator
Disable “(improve) location accuracy” in settings and location history in Google settings (I think)
google play services would still periodically query your location, even when on gps only. it’s a privileged app so you can’t even block it from doing so. MicroG (on lineageOS or calyxOS), or GrapheneOS’ sandboxed play services can help with that
you can simply uninstall play services. not even microG, and gps still works
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