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submitted 4 months ago by standarduser@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Howdy everyone! I'm happy to say I've finally gotten off the iOS ecosystem and loaded into grapheneos! Does anyone have any recommendations for apps to get? I've been away for a long time and saw tachiyomi was killed so I've lost my edge on apps for this side of the mobile space. Currently I've got: F-droid (god I'm happy this has never died) Aurora store Obtanium Mihon (I think this might be a successor to tachiyomi) And the fossify communication apps (phone, messages, contacts) But let this also be a good thread for others like me having privacy back in their lives, even if a slow transition like mine.

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[–] Cherry@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So do you need a google store account to use the android based apps? I want to be free of google. I am currently on Iphone and it will be going in the next month or so.

My music/email etc i can live with alternatives. So say i want a few specific apps, say signal and the NYT games app, my bank...Can i get these without having a google account?

[–] Hond@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Signal shouldnt be an issue at all. You can even download the apk(installation file) from their website. Unpaid apps can be obtained via the Aurora Store without an google account.

But some apps require the play store services and wont work without them. Tbh idk if you need to be logged into an Google account or the play store/ services just need to be installed in those cases. Banking apps are known to be really picky when it comes to custom roms/rooting/no play services. My banking apps arent happy about the lack of play services on my device but so far i can do everything i want even though the apps complain everytime via pop ups. But ymmv.

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Appreciated