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From: Andrew <andys@nospam.com>
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Subject: Re: What can't you do on Android WITHOUT a Google Account set up in the OS?
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 04:36:26 -0000 (UTC)
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Andy Burns wrote on Wed, 1 Jan 2025 15:46:19 +0000 :

> Agreed, you're making a one-off choice there.

Theo seems to be the only person who UNDERSTOOD the question, since most
people have no clue how Android works - they don't know how Google works.

They think this question is about a Google Account on the Internet.
It's not about that at all.

It's about how Android works with Google apps - which only Theo understood.
And specifically, which Google apps need to have a non-Google replacement.

One key reason for that non-Google replacement is the fact that... 
1. Most Google apps do not infest Android with an integral account
2. But some do

Almost nobody but Theo and I (so far) are aware of that obvious fact.