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I assume it not completely locked down, but does it mean Google doesn't have access to everything like I assume it does with Android?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

After reading up on it on the DivestOS page, it mostly seems to work, with the exception of SafetyNet

https://divestos.org/pages/faq#microgOptions

Some apps require SafetyNet to work, while the option to enable it currently exists it will not work in the unprivileged mode that DivestOS uses and will be removed in a future update.

But then again, the whole point of the DivestOS project is to remove as much Google and other proprietary code as possible.

So if someone wants to use DivestOS specifically, they likely don't use any apps that need microg.