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Not fully open source,
but less proprietary crap.
AA4MG (Android Auto 4 MicroG)
It allows to run Android Auto with:
That way the only proprietary thing you need,
is the actual Android Auto app,
not it's hand full of sketchy propriety dependencies.
Full disclosure: I helped develop AA4MG + AAXLU :)
Doesn't graphene os have its own android auto app that is stripped of tracking and proprietary crap? Does this do something different or is it just meant to be a way to make android auto work with microg?
I'm not familiar with GrapheneOS,
so I can't say. Only used LineageOS,
since the CyanogenMod days.
AA4MG simply makes the normal AA work on MicroG devices, with a minimal amount of proprietary privacy invasive stuff.
Can it be redirected rather than empty? I tried to use 3rd party GPS software with Graphene + AA and it still forced me to install Google Maps for even the 3rd party software to work :-/ ... I do want GPS with traffic, I don't want Google knowing every move I make and using it to make their executives richer.
No, I tried by changing the package name of another app to Google Maps, it did not work.
You can install 3th party GPS software though, but depending on the app, you might need AAXLU or KingInstaller to make the 3th party software show up in AA.
I've written it out in the AA4MG docs here
Is it any less of a privacy nightmare?
Yes
At this point I'll settle for that as long as it works with graphene, and more reliably than android auto. Even on my non graphene pixel android auto is less reliable than github.