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Anything in particular that works better with CalyxOS + microG than with GrapheneOS + sandboxed Play Services?
There's a lot but not total function parity. Android auto is one I wish worked, but I have a motorcycle, so don't really care.
You've just gotta hope the sandboxing is effective. I'd rather just have something open source fool the apps into thinking it's Google, vs having a low-level malware written by very smart Google engineers, constantly checking the perimeter of the sandbox for an open door..
If you use sandboxed Google services for notifications, you need to allow full network permissions to Google services. Kind of defeats the purpose.
That's why I don't run Google services on my phone. CalyxOS instead uses microG, an open source replicator of Google play services. Since it isn't signed with Google's private keys, some things (particularly Google pay) don't work, but idgaf.
@RubberElectrons @Renohren ๐ Have never seen "idgaf" before but, like the expression, "he was a man of few words and greeted me with two of them", it is instantly understandable. Cool!