Hi everyone, Since the beginning, we’ve used Magic Earth as our default navigation app. Recently, it became a paid app. More importantly, since it was never open source, it no longer aligns with our core value of prioritizing open source software for preinstalled apps. As a result, we’ll be switching to an open source alternative in our next release. We’ve created a poll with potential replacements — please vote and share your thoughts, including any pros and cons you think are worth mentioni...
Then switch to Foss apps first, switch to the degoogled OS second
If you just install a degoogled Rom, you are going to have more problems then if you just switch to Foss apps. And since you yourself say that you don’t have time, it would of course be Easier to do it the other way around
Also, you are gonna have an extremely bad time if one of those stops working randomly, since MicroG has its problems too.
That’s how I did it at least, I switched out everything on my stock pixel, and only once I knew there are only less than 3 apps I needed, that I for sure can’t switch out, that didn’t use Play Integrity, I switched. It saved me a lot of headache
Then switch to Foss apps first, switch to the degoogled OS second
If you just install a degoogled Rom, you are going to have more problems then if you just switch to Foss apps. And since you yourself say that you don’t have time, it would of course be Easier to do it the other way around
Also, you are gonna have an extremely bad time if one of those stops working randomly, since MicroG has its problems too.
That’s how I did it at least, I switched out everything on my stock pixel, and only once I knew there are only less than 3 apps I needed, that I for sure can’t switch out, that didn’t use Play Integrity, I switched. It saved me a lot of headache