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This might be a dumb question so apologies in advance. I'm looking into degoogled phones but haven't taken the plunge yet. If I logged in and used the aurora store to get apps I paid for in the past, will that ''regoogle" my device and allow google to track me again through signing in and using those apps?

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[–] barcaxavi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Those purchases will be lost if you want to degoogle. Just went through this some time ago and actually it was a good opportunity to think about which one I'm really using. The ones I really like and there was an opportunity to buy them outside of the Google ecosystem, I rebought (for example Tasker). For all others, I found good replacements.

[–] slowbyrne@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

Check out GrapheneOS. They sandbox google play services so you have a lot more control over what is sent to google. Might be a good middle ground.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Partially. I'm not familiar with the topic enough to explain everything exactly. But I want to warn you that using Aurora Store signed in may and likely will get your Google account banned and all your purchases gone