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Episode: 2498
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Title: HPR2498: Life without Google
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Source: https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr2498/hpr2498.mp3
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Transcribed: 2025-10-19 04:08:13
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This is HPR Episode 2498 entitled Life Without Google.
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It is posted like We've Mo and in about 4 minutes long and carry my clean flag.
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The summary is We've Mo, Mo, and without the apps on his phone.
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This episode of HPR is brought to you by archive.org.
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Support universal access to all knowledge by heading over to archive.org
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forward slash donate.
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Support universal access to all knowledge by heading over to archive.org.
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Support universal access to all knowledge by heading over to archive.org.
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Support universal access to all knowledge by heading over to archive.org.
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Support universal access to all knowledge by heading over to archive.org.
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Support universal access to all knowledge by heading over to archive.org.
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Hello, this is Goof Mo.
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So I was starting to get annoyed.
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The phone would vibrate and it was just Google wondering how I was enjoying Bed Bath Beyond.
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Hey, would you like to add that photo to Maps?
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And I got thinking, why am I okay with my every move?
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Being watched and documented.
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Long ago, Facebook was ripped from my device and the account was deleted.
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Tweets have dwindled to a joke and I cannot remember the last time I logged in to Google+.
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So what would it take?
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What was the last hurdle to become a digital hermit?
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My MotoX Pure Edition had hit 2 and was due for a fresh battery.
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So I started searching for a good used phone to use in case I botched the surgery.
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A Zenfone 2 was purchased and I started to research the tips and tricks to install LineageOS on the Zenfone minus the G app suite.
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So I could live Google free for a while.
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Unfortunately, trying to update the bootloader, this beautiful little piece of tech was bricked and apparently requires a Windows machine
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and dark incantations to bring back the life.
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As a side, if anyone in the community is familiar with this type of dark magic,
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I would be eternally grateful for your assistance and would pay shipping both ways.
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Back to the drawing board.
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I looked into the Magic Device tool, an automated root ROM tool that works on a small list of compatible phones.
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Chosed the Nexus 5 as my next victim and waited for the mail to make my day.
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Unfortunately, I ran into issues again and had to go back to following the LineageOS instructions for the Nexus,
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but this time it went smooth and I had a booting machine, Google free.
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Now I realize that if I'm not paying for something, I am the product.
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But I have been cuvemo for quite a long time and have a lot of history in this Gmail account.
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So I attempted to set up K9 from ETH droid,
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but to keep it required lowering the security in my Google account too low to make it safe.
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As a workaround, I found the official SDK for Proton mail and set up Gmail to forward my messages to my Proton mail account.
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But unfortunately, while the Proton mail app will receive and send mail, it requires GApps to notify me of new mail.
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So I decided to just be content to check my mail when I get home or check it in the browser when I'm bored.
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The next was a replacement for Hangouts.
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This is the main tool for daily chats with my wife and kids,
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but my close friends and I use Signal.
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So it was an easy task to run through the house, loading, configuring Signal for my family to use during this test.
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Everything else I need to stay entertained work can be found on the ETH droid open source app store.
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This includes pod catchers, audio book players, ebook readers,
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and of course the sync thing app so I can move things off and on my phone without plugging it in and waiting for the files to sync.
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I am absolutely comfortable with everything I get off of ETH droid,
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but when you need a specific SDK or program outside of ETH droid,
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make sure you are getting it from the developer you intend to.
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It would be a shame if that nice Bitcoin wallet was not actually working for you.
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So after about a month of being Google free, I have realized a few things.
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I can go a whole day without knowing when I received a new piece of mail.
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I can run a phone with less resources and still have full functionality
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and was able to go from 100 install apps on my Moto X to 36 on my Nexus.
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At this point, I do not see a need to go back to the full GAP suite.
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Thank you for listening. I will try to have links to everything I mentioned in the show notes.
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And please remember to support this great community. Thank you.
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