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[โ€“] 18107@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Google Play and Google Play Services are separate things. Google Play allows you to download apps, whereas Google Play Services provides the foundation that most apps are built to run on top of.

You can download apps from google play or equivalent stores, but google play services is built into the device.

The de-googled version of play services is microG. It provides many of the same API services for most apps, but can't do the security things that banking apps request.

[โ€“] atcorebcor@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But is it a problem if an app is run on google services? Like does google have access to your bank data? Do they get access to other data by having it on your phone?

[โ€“] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They get access to A LOT of what that app does. Moreover, through Google services, a lot of ad libraries can get access to a list of all your installed apps, without even asking or informing you.

[โ€“] atcorebcor@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Thanks for sharing!