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1. madars+on[view] [source] 2023-02-23 22:37:44
>>taubek+(OP)
Or, in other words, FBI now recommends using Android :-) It's baffling how much better uBlock Origin + Firefox experience on Android is compared to any iOS ad blocker I have tried. They kind-of work but let half of the ads through.
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2. hailwr+8r[view] [source] 2023-02-23 22:55:21
>>madars+on
Yeah, android trades browser ads for system wide tracking. I’m not really sure that’s a good deal.
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3. kornho+Rz[view] [source] 2023-02-23 23:41:48
>>hailwr+8r
That is only if you have Google Play Services installed.
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4. dredmo+DH[view] [source] 2023-02-24 00:30:11
>>kornho+Rz
That's ... near a necessity for most apps.

Though I seem to recall GPS shim that's available and which I really should swap in on my BOOX tablet.

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5. hilber+rS[view] [source] 2023-02-24 01:45:00
>>dredmo+DH
Most F-Driod apps don't require Google Play Services. If you can live within the functionality provided by those apps then you're OK.

That said, I know many can't.

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6. dredmo+kX[view] [source] 2023-02-24 02:20:39
>>hilber+rS
AFAIU it's all F-Droid apps that are GPS-free. I rely on a small handful of others installed from the Aurora, Google Play is a requirement for some of those.

I may be hallucinating that shim, though I'm pretty sure it actually exists...

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7. mackre+ry1[view] [source] 2023-02-24 08:15:58
>>dredmo+kX
what do you mean by gps free? i have lots of apps installed from fdroid that use gps
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