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| | | Regularly used office, social media, e-commerce, games, food delivery & payment apps do not work on de-googlified devices | ||
| | | Office, social media, e-commerce, games, food delivery & payment applications will work in De-googlified devices. We also have MicroG to support applications which have strict in custom OS. <br /><br />Ex: LinkedIn, Zoom, WebEx, Okta Verify, Facebook, Instagram, Paytm | ||
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| Battery discharges faster. | | Battery discharges faster. | ||
| | | Battery discharges are based on background services. Google Android comes with many background services which consume lots of power. In fact, De-googlification will increase the battery life by stopping such Google background services. | ||
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| | | Phone’s media data is lost. | ||
| | | De-googlification in itself will not result in data loss. The steps involving custom OS requires user to back up beforehand. | ||
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| | | There are several call drops. | ||
| | | De-googlification will not affect network related activity. People using custom ROM report these issues for underdeveloped projects. Stable projects do not have these issues. | ||
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| GPS or other location sharing doesn’t work. | | GPS or other location sharing doesn’t work. | ||
| | | Unlike Google Android, De-googlification liberates the user from location surveillance. It also gives the user options to triage their location in different modes like cellular data combined with GPS sensor, Battery saving mode, etc. We also have free software to spoof user location to the installed applications. | ||
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| Contacts Syncing is hard with De-googlified devices | | Contacts Syncing is hard with De-googlified devices | ||
| | | We can easily sync contacts with Nextcloud Sync. In fact, it maintains every backup copy of the device contacts. | ||
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| User experience is bad in de-googlified devices. | | User experience is bad in de-googlified devices. | ||
| | | Google Android OS is limited by the proprietary maker, while the Custom OS brings together customization from across the community, giving more options to choose from. | ||
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| The functionality of the hardware cannot be fully utilized because of the Software limitations. | | The functionality of the hardware cannot be fully utilized because of the Software limitations. | ||
| | | De-googlification, in fact, brings more utilization of hardware. Many devices abandoned by the Google Android are still supported by the community with updates which are otherwise unavailable. The specifications come into full utilization due to freedom from crippleware [by killing processes to restrict features from users]. Word of caution is that the latest proprietary features like liquid cooling might not be immediately available. | ||
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| Play Store based applications cannot be installed and updated without Play Store. | | Play Store based applications cannot be installed and updated without Play Store. | ||
| | | Aurora Store can be used to install and update Play Store based apps. | ||
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| | | De-googlification is very geeky | ||
| De-googlification | | De-googlification has a very small learning curve. You can start by using Newpipe instead of YouTube on your device. | ||
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