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What still requires stock Android and has no alternative way to access? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm about to degoogle my stock Android phone. For the past few years, I've used it to handle the non-open source apps that I don't want running on my main phone. As I've finally weaned off GApps, I realize that I might as well go degoogle the rom as well.

edit: to be clear, I'll be using sandboxed Play services on GOS

But since that phone is my compatibility guinea pig, is it likely I'll still run into an app that demands unmodded Android with no alternatives? In your experience, has any bank or other service required the app on regular Android, with no alternative for the desktop, browser, etc?

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[–] shortwavesurfer 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Uber/lyft. You can use uber via the web but not lyft. If uber ever stops working on web then thats it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lyft works fine with sandboxed GFS on GrapheneOS, though.

[–] shortwavesurfer 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But the OP specifically said DeGoogled ROM, which would mean no GFS.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah. I don't mean to correct you. Just trying to give a full picture for folks reading along.

Lyft is a necessity for me, so I couldn't have switched to GrapheneOs without it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Both work with MicroG as fyi

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Good to know. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was about to correct you because I've done lyft on web, but it looks like it's not supported anymore.

https://ride.lyft.com/not-supported

[–] shortwavesurfer 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, that's the unfortunate thing. It used to be supported, but they've killed it.