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I am on a Samsung S23, rooted via Magisk. Debloated with Universal Android Debloater NG. I am running Android Firewall + to block user and system apps that are not essential for normal operation, including the Play Store. I only unblock it once every month to update some system critical packages. I am also running AdAway to block specific hosts that some system critical packages make connections to without my permission. I am also using App Manager to block internal trackers and to disable app ops and permissions that are not needed for normal operations. The hosts that I allow my phone to establish connections to that are owned by Google and that possibly collect data are
play.googleapis.com(don't remember this one),android.googleapis.com(neither this one),play-fe.googleapis.com(to update apps at the Play Store) andmtalk.google.com(for push notifications).The reason I go such lengths instead of "simply" ditching Google, is because a few dear friends are on the Japanese spyware Line and because I use USB Audio Player, a paid app, whose certificate doesn't validate without logging in to the Play Store. All in all, two apps... But I rather translate that into "friends" and "HiFi music". ๐
I am really happy with my setup and it works without any hickups - expect for when I push it too far, because I like to experiment by removing packages that people don't recommend removing but that are closed source and thus cannot be verified without decompiling. Which is a skill I don't have.
Question: did you install MicroG or something, on that Linux phone? Asking since you're saying that you're not ready to completely degoogle yet.
Yes, using it because of revanced. The main thing keeping me on stock android is the BankID app (long story short: nationwide 2fa user authenticator used for loads of things here in norway), and I know people have reported that it doesn't work on "alternative" phone OSes. I am, however, taking steps to go back to using the old-school Keychain OTP generator instead.
EDIT: I realized you meant "on that linux phone". No. I wasn't really tied to a particular platform at that point (early 2008), so I never needed it. I ran a fairly stock OpenMoko.
FYI you should switch to morphe instead of revanced. All of the maintainers left revanced after a falling out with OsumAtriX (or however you capitalize it) who was apparently toxic and impossible to work with.
Morphe is updated daily and is lightyears ahead of revanced. Revanced has been copying code wholesale without attribution from morphe (including typos. No attribution is a GPL violation) so morphe DMCA'd revanced (which might get both projects killed... Not wise IMO but they did it...)
Anyways, morphe is the bees knees and revanced is basically abandonware at this point due to lack of maintainers. Osum is so toxic people who want to help can't stand him and just go to morphe.