Re: What can't you do on Android WITHOUT a Google Account set up in the OS?

On 01/01/2025 20:16, R.Wieser wrote:

Jeff,
 

You may have replaced the original Android OS in whatever Pixel you're
using with GrapheneOS, but it's still Android.

 Absolutily.  Just like Googles tracking and adware-infested version of
android is just android. :-)
 

I've always understood that GrapheneOS is Android that's been "degoogled"

 What about the possibility that some nitwit has come up with that
explanation, and instead GrapheneOS is a clean version of Android plus some
privacy and security stuff added to it ?

Well, you might like to bet on that possibility but I most certainly would not! Android is Google's baby and they spent a lot of time, money, and effort bringing it up. I know that GrapheneOS has been reviewed and the general view is that it is pretty good at what it does (interesting discussion here: <https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/i-dont-trust-pixel-graphene-where-are-the-authoritative-claims-of-its-credibility/17503/1>). However, Android is said to have 12 million lines of code. Is it really known to anyone outside Google what all of them do?
--
Jeff