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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.socialI'm an advocate for moving away from #USA based services and let's be honest, even I know it won't be 100% possible https://www.wired.com/story/trump-era-digital-expat/
#Apple users aside, even for #Android users it's not easy: some apps (e.g banking) are only on Play Store and you need #Google account. also, some products are #Amazon only too
until it changes, IMO better strategy is isolate accounts for US-based services and not use them for sensitive comms
to elaborate on the "isolation" strategy: assuming you have Gmail account for Play Store, use it only for signing up in Amazon and other US-based services and for useless shit
while all important communications and signing up in European services can and should be done with European digital services - whether it's email or cloud
it'll be like having two different profiles that are hard to link together
@DM_Ronin there are many play-store-only apps that work without Google account. Get them with aurora store or via apkmirror.
@Kurt I use Aurora myself, but the problem with it is you still rely on Google for app updates, and there were cases when Aurora didn't work for several months because Google was closing down loopholes Aurora used for anonymous logins. it's the same situation as with Freetube/NewPipe vs Youtube: cat-and-mouse game that who knows how long will last
as for apkmirror, it publishes apps from Google at their own discretion, and not all of them are present there
@Kurt which is why I lean more towards campaigning for app developers (at least for Android users, Apple is a walled garden) to normalise third-party app stores like F-Droid/Accrescent and publish apps there, not just on PS.
oh and I won't even mention how many apps - some of them even pro-privacy and FOSS - rely on Firebase cloud messaging for notifications