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I am super nervous, so close to jumping to GrapheneOS. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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For those who use GrapheneOS, is it worth it? Do you like it?

My backups are done, all that is left is the final choice to wipe my whole phone.

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[–] Imaginary_Stand4909@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago

Do install both the Play Store and Play Services if you want to use any Google app like YouTube or Maps (even some non-Google ones will need it). Then use a more private app store like Aurora and remove all permissions from the Play Store to strike a good middle-ground.

I unfortunately use play services on both my main profile and gaming profile (I had to make a seperate non Premission Manager X profile to be able to play games), but if you're smart like Veronica in her GrapheneOS video, you can do a degoogled profile and a sandboxed profile!

If I could convince my family to contact me through Signal/Molly rather than Google Messages, maybe I could go completely degoogled on one profile. But alas.