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Hi guys basically as the title says. I have a pixel phone running GrapheneOS and I really don't want to install Play Services. Is there an alternative for me? I need reliable notifications for Telegram and signal. Edit: Thank you all amazing people for helping I learned alot and found best setup for me

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

your only other choice is microg

Doesn't work on GrapheneOS, since it requires root access for signature spoofing. And it's not any better than Sandboxed play services.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are you talking about ntfy? And if so, could you give more context? I run a self-hosted ntfy and am thinking of switching to GOS.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Sorry, forgot to include a blockquote. I was talking about microG. Ntfy is a regular user-installable app, you just need to grant it permission to run in the background, i.e. disable battery optimization.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I believe they're referring to microg. Never used ntfy so I'm not too sure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You're damn right