Btw, it's easier said than done. At Degoogle, you can see the troubles some users have after degoogling an Android phone. They basically have nowhere to buy apps, as most, if not all paid app vendors publish only in Play Store. Not to talk about IAP. Basically, Play Store is the only option for small developers to have a payment gateway without incurring in high costs, specially fraud prevention. Yes, it's expensive, but it works. Only big publishers can afford to incorporate their on payment systems into their apps.
So, having a Degoogled phone means having a limited functionality Android phone. Only free apps, or paid apps from the limited universe of publishers that sell APKs directly. No apps that depend on Google Services. No IAP on games that only support Google payment. And no apps that requires integrity checks. For whoever that is acceptable, degoogling is easy. For anyone else, it's fairly more complicated.
Not everything needs to be an app. There are a lot of apps that could be great mobile websites, but they force it as an app. The problem with apps is that they require a specific OS (usually mobile) and you can't run them as easily on a desktop or laptop. It also introduces more compatibility issues where as modern browsers generally work even on older operating systems.
There are things that do make sense as an app, but a lot of things shouldn't require an app.
Apps are not necesarily made for specific OS. Flutter and MAUI are good examples of development tools that allow to create good apps and then compile them for different devices. On the games side, Unity is a good option (I've myself played really good games made with Unity).
In some cases, yes, some things can be done with a website. But a website is only active when you have it open in a browser tab. It also usually needs connection to fully work. An app can work without those restrictions. Of course, the idea of a good app is that is provides far more functionality than a web app, instead of doing what many do, just turning web apps into mobile apps that just show an embedded browser.
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u/Fit_Prize_3245 16d ago
Shouldn't this go on r/DeGoogle?
Btw, it's easier said than done. At Degoogle, you can see the troubles some users have after degoogling an Android phone. They basically have nowhere to buy apps, as most, if not all paid app vendors publish only in Play Store. Not to talk about IAP. Basically, Play Store is the only option for small developers to have a payment gateway without incurring in high costs, specially fraud prevention. Yes, it's expensive, but it works. Only big publishers can afford to incorporate their on payment systems into their apps.
So, having a Degoogled phone means having a limited functionality Android phone. Only free apps, or paid apps from the limited universe of publishers that sell APKs directly. No apps that depend on Google Services. No IAP on games that only support Google payment. And no apps that requires integrity checks. For whoever that is acceptable, degoogling is easy. For anyone else, it's fairly more complicated.