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/e/OS: A complete "deGoogled" mobile ecosystem

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63 points gaws | 1 comments | 19 Nov 24 01:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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hnaddict123 ◴[19 Nov 24 19:16 UTC] No.42187042[source]▶
For a lay person, can someone elaborate how does a custom ROM like Lineage OS fare compared to eOS? Can it de de-Googled to the same extent? Or never.
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jqpabc123 ◴[19 Nov 24 23:21 UTC] No.42189135[source]▶
e/OS *is* LineageOS de-Googled.

Nothing short of source code changes can achieve some of the de-Googling.

The LineageOS developers made a specific and deliberate decision to *not* do this.

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Novosell ◴[20 Nov 24 01:30 UTC] No.42189960[source]▶
What do you mean exactly? Lineage OS doesn't come with google play services or the like. It is "de-googled".
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SpecialistK ◴[20 Nov 24 02:23 UTC] No.42190280[source]▶
/e/ uses MicroG, which is a reverse-engineered re-implementation of some Google services. It requires spoofing the signature of the original Google apps, which official Lineage does not support for security reasons.
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thrw42A8N ◴[20 Nov 24 12:35 UTC] No.42193383[source]▶
That is not true. MicroG works just fine on Lineage and there are no Google services on their AOSP distribution until you add them yourself. You have to manually Google the OS; not de-Google it.
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1. jqpabc123 ◴[20 Nov 24 13:43 UTC] No.42193872{4}[source]▶
Google servers and services are hard coded into the AOSP distribution at various points. These could be used to facilitate identification and tracking.

e/OS/ removes, replaces and/or anonymizes these. LineageOS does not.

https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/deGoogling-scope-and...