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minus-squaregarbage_world@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYes. Most of those AOSP forks still use elements of android (google play services) for compatibility reasons.
minus-squarerealitaetsverlust@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoGraphene doesn’t, they got their own sandboxed google play services compatibility layer. Other OS - no idea tbh.
minus-squaregarbage_world@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt’s actually the opposite. GOS GPS are real GPS, most other AOSP distros use MicroG, which is reimplementation of GPS.
minus-squarerealitaetsverlust@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt’s real GPS, but within a sandbox without additional permissions. https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play
Yes. Most of those AOSP forks still use elements of android (google play services) for compatibility reasons.
Graphene doesn’t, they got their own sandboxed google play services compatibility layer. Other OS - no idea tbh.
It’s actually the opposite. GOS GPS are real GPS, most other AOSP distros use MicroG, which is reimplementation of GPS.
It’s real GPS, but within a sandbox without additional permissions. https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play