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From: Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,alt.privacy
Subject: Re: What can't you do on Android WITHOUT a Google Account set up in
 the OS?
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 23:29:30 +0100
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Andrew, 2025-01-02 19:58:

> VanguardLH wrote on Thu, 2 Jan 2025 02:08:37 -0600 :
> 
>> Reset the phone, and next time when an app wants a login then refuse to
>> prevent having the account stored on the phone.  If you're just
>> protesting Google, don't login to any newly loaded app that wants you to
>> specify a Google account, so it doesn't get stored on your phone.  After
>> a reset, there are no accounts stored on the phone.  It is after *you*
>> specify a login that either the app will store it locally to itself, or
>> load it into Accounts in the Android OS.
> 
> There are only 3 known Google apps which infest Android with a login.
> And each of those 3 Google apps has a privacy-aware replacement.

What replacement is there for Google Wallet?


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