Aurora Store vs Google Play vs Micro G (lemm.ee)

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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.

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[-] PatriPetriPutri@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What I can tell u (as a normie) is that a few weeks ago I bought a refurbished google pixel 7, installed Calyx OS (via the web browser installer) with MicroG and I've been using f-droid and Aurora Store (without a google account) since then and I haven't had any issues with any app, for example, the banking ones

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