XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: andys@nospam.com   
      
   Frank Slootweg wrote on 28 Dec 2024 14:46:19 GMT :   
      
   >> Of course - but this is not the point! You *require* a Google account   
   >> for many apps, so it is completely pointless if Android itself does not   
   >> need this to be used at all.   
   >   
   >   I know what you mean (see your quoted text below), but to be fair,   
   > only can use quite a lot of apps - including several Google apps -   
   > without a Google account.   
      
   Frank is correct here and it's even *better* because for every Google app   
   that does require an account, there's usually an open-source equivalent   
   that handles that account anonymously WITHOUT creating a Google Account on   
   the phone.   
      
   An example is NewPipe (which replaces the Google YouTube app).   
   Another example is Aurora (which replaces the Google Play Store app).   
      
   And, of course, you can check your "Google" mail account w/o the GMail app.   
      
   > Considering the absurdity of this   
   > non-discussion, I can't be bothered to check all my apps, but I'm hard   
   > pressed to think of one or more of my apps which requires a Google   
   > account.   
      
   The main reason for the "absurdity" of this discussion is that it's clear   
   neither you nor Arno understand how Android works (since an Android phone   
   does everything without a Google Account being set up on that phone).   
      
   Only one out of a million people understand how Android works, Frank.   
      
   >   Of course, I'm not so silly as to try to get all my apps from   
   > non-Google app 'stores', so yes, I do have and use a Google account.   
      
   Frank - I don't know if you are intelligent enough to understand the next   
   statement, but I hope you are because your statement above is absurd.   
      
   The Aurora app installs the APK *from* the Google Play store repo.   
      
   Only one out of a million people are smart enough to understand that.   
      
   > But   
   > my point is that I *could* do without one and the large majority of my   
   > apps would be fully functional and even the Google apps (Chrome, Maps,   
   > YouTube (,Google?) would be mostly functional.   
      
   Neither you nor Arno have any idea whatsoever how Android works, Frank.   
      
   Every single app on the Google Play Store repository is available to the   
   Auroa app (which does NOT require a Google Account on the phone) Frank.   
      
   What's absurd is neither you nor Arno have any idea what an Android phone   
   can do WITHOUT having a Google Account on that phone.   
      
   I haven't had a Google Account on my Android phones for many years, Frank.   
   And I can do more than you can do with that phone, Frank.   
      
   What's absurd is you (and Arno) claiming to understand how Android works,   
   and then you say absurd things - which proves you don't know how it works.   
      
   Suffice to state that an Android phone does NOT need a Google Account on   
   that phone to do everything you need to do - if you have any intelligence.   
      
   But only one out of a million people are intelligent enough to know that.   
      
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