That was my solution. You can freeze google services on your phone to stop the updates but then you have to choose between the functionality of many apps you got from the store and all the ones you did not.
However Google has relented by allowing provisions for a sort of “dev mode” like you have on all android phones where you just have to do some esoteric bullshit to opt back in to installing from other sources. For now, anyway. You know how they are.
I’ve been using newpipe for a couple years now. But I guess that’s coming to an end soon
What, why?
Because of this https://keepandroidopen.org/en/
Oh, right. I thought YouTube did something, but… yes, the sadness that is Google.
Am I safe if I don’t update Google Play Services?
That was my solution. You can freeze google services on your phone to stop the updates but then you have to choose between the functionality of many apps you got from the store and all the ones you did not.
However Google has relented by allowing provisions for a sort of “dev mode” like you have on all android phones where you just have to do some esoteric bullshit to opt back in to installing from other sources. For now, anyway. You know how they are.