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Is it safe to delete my Google account? (piefed.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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I have switched everything to privacy alternatives is it safe to delete my Google account or is it needed for some android features also if I delete my account does Google delete all my data if not, can I request the deletion of my data under the GDPR

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I see, that's fair. Personally I trust f-droid more. also I was surprised to notice recently that obtanium just added a china specific app source that is default enabled in the search menu. that store is not really known in the global android community.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I don't think adding a Chinese source is necessarily bad, what if they have users in china that want local apps?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    that's not the point. but that they added a generally unknown app source that's

    • enabled by default
    • gets to log your searches
    • could provide its own, altered version of an app you are looking for
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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I mean you could choose not to use the source

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    that's right, but it's enabled by default, and as a result it will affect lots of users who did not think about this. that's the power of defaults.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    What do you mean? In Obtainium you pick the source you want, it doesn't automatically choose anything

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    on my phone the vivo app store source is enabled by default in the search menu. compared to your screenshot, all but gitlab is been pre-selected. some of them may be how I set it up some time ago, but before I updated it a few days ago the vivo app store option was not there, and on friends phones I have seen it in the last months too that this source is enabled right after installing obtanium

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