> <@akc3n:tchncs.de> iamagrilledguru: Certain 'degoogled roms' do have proprietary Google apps and services bundled and not only via microG. > > Certain 'degoogled roms' take AOSP, and adds Google services to it (microG) along with not replacing Google as the provider for non-proprietary services. > > microG is a very small subset of Google play services. > > What microG does is reimplementing a small subset of Play services in a hacky and incomplete way, with less security, because they don't implement features like certificate pinning for services and apps (TLS and local components), as well security checks. > > The apps that work can stop working at any time, if they start using more of the APIs, or microG's implementation stops working with Google's servers. > > microG doesn't offer an alternative push service but rather has an incomplete implementation of Google's push service. The Firebase Cloud Messaging push does not work reliably. > > "How taking AOSP and adding Google services to it makes something 'degoogled', doesn't make much sense." Yep. Agreed. And not even mentioning how a gsi rom on a treble device could make the device full open-source