So I just got a Moto Razr and am going to start setting it up. I’ve been outside of the android ecosystem for a long time. Can I get some recommendations for anything and everything? I recently read the Nova launcher has gotten much worse since I last used it. I’m also not sure if I should do a launcher or just use the base OS. I know that there are loads of articles out there, but I’m getting really tired of wading through AI gen articles and would love your personal experience.

Thanks in advance!

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You can use microG for apps that require Google Services, I’m using it for 6 months with no problem at all.

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From what I understand, that’s still problematic for privacy. A bit more containerized, sure, but still having to make calls to Google.

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Wiki: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Google-Network-Connections

…For all of them, we strip device identifier (MAC addresses, IMEI, etc) from requests where they normally would be (and if required use random but valid identifiers instead).

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