I like the uses of true caller even though it isn’t always correct it does come pretty close but having it in my phone is too big a price to pay .

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    8 months ago

    My phone decided that YACB was dangerous about a month ago. I’m assuming that Google just wanted me to use their call blocker instead, but the warning led me to discover that the app wasn’t getting updates so I ended up uninstalling.

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      8 months ago

      I have a degoogle device and I get it from fdroid or similar repos which are infinitely more trustworthy than whatever google is peddling but up to you to decide what goes on your mobile.

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        8 months ago

        Probably smart - personally I’m too lazy to carry a wallet so I’m stuck with Google for now. I definitely don’t want to hear their thoughts on my apps though, and the idea that they can uninstall things at will doesn’t excite me. I imagine things like torrent clients, stremio/kodi, usenet clients, etc. may randomly disappear at some point in the future.

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          8 months ago

          Luckily I have a pixel with GrapheneOS so I have a dedicated profile for banking apps with sandboxed google play service but the downside is I have a pixel. I also know some payment apps that doesn’t rely on play service but that depends on where you live and how the payments work there so gl.