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[–] sem@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I have Pixel with GrapheneOS and I tried most of FOSS camera apps, but all of them are still far behind the GCam. I hope one day there will be a good replacement, but not today.

I'm using Organic / OsmAnd for most of use cases and daily navigation. But if you need to find a specific office, shop, food or ATM nearby you still need GMap from time to time...

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Doesn't Graphene not support Gapps at all?

[–] sem@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It supports via GMS sandbox. So, I can install google camera, maps, bank app, insta360 app, an app for my bike computer, etc. But in that case I prefer to use Proton VPN that hides my real IP from all these apps and also block some tracker endpoints.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Not all Google apps require Play services btw. And many work without internet access.