MicroG: Free-libre re-implementation of Google's proprietary Android user space

philipallstar

Is it too late to rename to "MindTheGapp"?

orphea

I guess this is submitted because of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50154624 ?

xx__yy

I use it on LineageOS, works a charm

jamesnorden

Why do the most recent commits all say "Merge commit from fork" without any description of what the changes do or what the fork is?

p0w3n3d

Go home! Goober!... I mean Google!

ramon156

I dont get why some apps depend on Google Play functionality. Why can't I download Telegram on /e/OS

maelito

I have never understood why people using MicroG can use apps like SNCF-Connect, while I cannot. SNCF-connect is the largest online marchant in France. Since june, I cannot click the "pay" button anymore. It coincides with the new feature of Pay with Google. So : is it because MicroG allows calls to Google services on e/OS devices, while my LineageOS refuses ? Or because MicroG implemented a try catch around this call, without any call to Google's servers ?

mshish

It's too bad you have to rely on signature spoofing to be able to use this as an alternative (but obviously I understand why). The spoofing looks narrowly scoped on LineageOS, but in general I imagine it creates some risk.

cf100clunk

MicroG is possible to run on GrapheneOS but isn't recommended since GOS has a sandboxing solution for running Google Play apps: https://grapheneos.org/features#sandboxed-google-play

hgfygkh

My main device uses MicroG with LineageOS. It works really well, and I recommend it. It is a Murena phone from here: https://murena.com/

lrvick

Note even if you use MicroG, there is no Android device on the market that will function without piles of proprietary, and often privileged, software.