Hi guys I was thinking of installing either Calyx OS or Graphene OS on Pixel 7 I got from secondhand.

Meanwhile I was also wondering which one of these is most private but also best usable; Aurora Store or Google Play Mirror (Graphene OS) or Micro G?

Edit; Thanks for all info guys. I will take it into consideration and probably always first use F-Droid and web apps.

  • upstroke4448@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Micro G is the worst option as it requires privileged access to your phone. This is the same major privacy issue with the regular Play Store.

    Aurora is a decent option as it allows you access to the Play Store without needing to actually install the Google Play Client.

    I would say sandboxed Google Play is the best. You get full access to the play store while still having the protections of a sandboxed app.

    A lot of people will offer f-droid as an alternative but it also comes with some big issues. I’ll quote privacy guides here

    Due to their process of building apps, apps in the official F-Droid repository often fall behind on updates. F-Droid maintainers also reuse package IDs while signing apps with their own keys, which is not ideal as it gives the F-Droid team ultimate trust. Additionally, the requirements for an app to be included in the official F-Droid repo are less strict than other app stores like Google Play, meaning that F-Droid tends to host a lot more apps which are older, unmaintained, or otherwise no longer meet modern security standards.