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Perhaps not, but your mobile carrier will! I use a Pixel 5 with LineageOS installed (and no google services), but I also needed to install Google Docs for a project (since the web interface refuses to load on Android) which means that Google is still able to access my IP address–but I think that’s better than Google’s “location history”, or Play Protect on Android sending a list of all installed apps

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Out of curiosity, if you’re on a Pixel, why not choose GrapheneOS?

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I generally like being as close to mainline/AOSP as possible, and I used LineageOS for years on my Essential PH-1. That being said, it does look like the Pixel suffers from no lack of custom ROMs, so I may “distro hop” for a bit in the future

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Who’s your carrier? I’ve been considering a switch to lineage or graphene but I haven’t pulled the trigger yet

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Yup. The tracking stuff just makes it easier, but standard use of the phone sans tracking is still trackable.

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I believe these are like the Chrome “private” mode. It might look private to you, but they are definitely still logging everything.

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What works as a phone app instead of Google Maps? The only thing I’ve seen is Magic Maps, but that shares location data with third parties, so that seems like an awful solution.

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There’s OsmAnd and Organic Maps (and probably more). Both are open-source apps, use Openstreemap data, and work offline. You can get OsmAnd+ for free on F-Droid. If you want support the devs you can buy it in the Play Store. There’s also a free but limited version there.

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@float @canihasaccount I discovered OSMAnd+ just last week and it works pretty well - so far.

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@canihasaccount @throws_lemy organic maps or opentreetmaps

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Paywalled

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Click on the archive link!

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