XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: andys@nospam.com   
      
   Frank Slootweg wrote on 28 Dec 2024 15:01:10 GMT :   
      
   >>>    *Apple's walled garden _murdered_ privacy*   
   >>   
   >> As did Google and Microsoft.   
   >>   
   >> So go ahead and create a fake account without personal information.   
   >   
   >   Well, with some creativity it's still possible to create a Google   
   > account without any real personal information. (Whether such an account   
   > is all that useful for using on an Android smartphone/tablet is abother   
   > matter.)   
      
   Why do you need a Google Account set up on a phone in the first place?   
   There's nothing a phone with that account can do that one w/o it can't.   
      
   Details here:   
    *What can't you do on Android WITHOUT a Google Account set up in the OS?*   
       
      
   If anyone can come up with what functionality requires a Google Account set   
   up on the phone, then they should list that functionality in that thread.   
      
   Note: Almost every widely used Google app has an open-source equivalent.   
   For example, NewPipe===YouTube, Bromite===Chrome, Google Play===Aurora   
      
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