DeGoogle Yourself

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google is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degoogle (i.redd.it)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

How?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Disable "(improve) location accuracy" in settings and location history in Google settings (I think)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

google play services would still periodically query your location, even when on gps only. it's a privileged app so you can't even block it from doing so. MicroG (on lineageOS or calyxOS), or GrapheneOS' sandboxed play services can help with that