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| Authored by: knarf on Tuesday, April 09 2013 @ 01:02 PM EDT |
It goes even further. Most Google services work fine without a Google account,
as long as they're not 'personalised' services. Mail is personal, so you'll need
an account. The same goes for calendering. Search can be personalised but it
does not have to be, so you can use Google search without an account. Maps,
similar. Google apps probably require a Google account, but who says you need to
use apps? The web works just as well on a mobile device, you know...
I have an Android-powered phone. It does not run Google services unless I have a
need for Google services. Once that need is past, I turn off Google services.
Android works fine without Google services. Of all currently somewhat popular
mobile operating systems Android is probably the least
vendor/manufacturer-dependent one. Try to use an iProduct without interacting
with Apple... good luck, unless you 'jailbreak' the thing. Try to use any of the
current Windows whachamacallittoday Mobile-Phone-Surface-etc. products without
interacting with Microsoft... good luck. Not so with Android, just enable
side-loading, install your apps and start using the thing as you please.
Being open source, you can go even further by removing bits you don't like. I
did not feel the need to have something called 'Throttle Service' running all
the time so I commented it out in SystemServer.java. Poof, gone, no more useless
ThrottleService messages in my logs. Try that with any of the products offered
by Microsoft and its whiny gang...
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