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Simple question, will there be an available APK to bypass Google Play? And on that note, will Google Play services be required to operate the app?

I use GrapheneOS, and currently only Jerboa meets the criteria (without using microG)

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[โ€“] Tolstoy 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm far away from knowledge but shouldn't any FOSS client for lemmy work in your situation? I know liftoff offers the APK also an GitHub.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Tolstoy 4 points 1 year ago

as far as i've seen, no not really. the only thing i manage to find is at the playstore..

[โ€“] Oyster_Lust 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't believe Liftoff or Thunder require Play Services or microG.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] bizzo 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't aware, thanks for the heads up

Although, I do love Boost's UI

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Infinity for lemmy doesn't need it either though it's currently in early alpha so most features aren't implemented yet.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Probably not since the original did. That'd be quite a big rework, and the dev already has his hands busy transferring it to be a Lemmy app. Play services work on GrapheneOS though, in Apps. Though I assume you don't want to for privacy reasons, which is understandable.