This interview with the developer of MicroG might be interesting if you’d like to learn more about it’s benefits (or downsides) over sandboxed Google Play services. It debunks a lot of misconceptions or rumours about MicroG.
MicroG collects very little information about the user. It does less data collection than sandboxed Google Play despite it being a system app. MicroG is a more transparent, community driven piece of software that distances people from Google to a greater degree in my estimation, though I don’t have developer level understanding of the software. Just basing my thoughts on interviews and published information like the video above.
Personally I prefer the privacy/open source oriented approach of MicroG, but I also run GrapheneOS so haven’t been able to use it for a few years.
This interview with the developer of MicroG might be interesting if you’d like to learn more about it’s benefits (or downsides) over sandboxed Google Play services. It debunks a lot of misconceptions or rumours about MicroG.
MicroG collects very little information about the user. It does less data collection than sandboxed Google Play despite it being a system app. MicroG is a more transparent, community driven piece of software that distances people from Google to a greater degree in my estimation, though I don’t have developer level understanding of the software. Just basing my thoughts on interviews and published information like the video above.
Personally I prefer the privacy/open source oriented approach of MicroG, but I also run GrapheneOS so haven’t been able to use it for a few years.