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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Android without a Google account is great though

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 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.