• Octopus1348@lemy.lol
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    6 months ago

    That’s de-googling (which I specifically mentioned in my previous comment). I’m talking about the stock experience most people will have on Android. For that, you need a Google account.

    An user not familiar with Android will just use the Play Store, and they’ll need to log in with Google.

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      6 months ago

      Not really, you can just remove your Google Account after setting it up and things will stay working without issue.

      You only really need a Google account to download apps from the Play store. But you can use sideloading and different stores for that.

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        6 months ago

        But you can use sideloading and different stores for that.

        That’s (part of) what I said. You can also remove your Apple ID after you downloaded some apps, but that doesn’t change the fact that you need one to do so.