alt Hacker NewsI have never understood why people using MicroG can use apps like SNCF-Connect, while I cannot.
SNCF-connect is the largest online marchant in France. Since june, I cannot click the "pay" button anymore. It coincides with the new feature of Pay with Google.
So : is it because MicroG allows calls to Google services on e/OS devices, while my LineageOS refuses ? Or because MicroG implemented a try catch around this call, without any call to Google's servers ?
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ThePowerOfFuet • today at 5:49 PM
I have no Google anything installed on GrapheneOS and SNCF Connect works fine.
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ForHackernews • today at 12:45 PM
Some Play Services calls are stubbed out as no-ops and others are reimplemented either with fully free replacements (e.g. navigation) or else by calling proprietary Google remote endpoints (e.g. firebase)
I think that's because /e/os also distributes App Lounge [1], which can connect to Google Store and handle payments (most of the time).
[1] https://doc.e.foundation/os/apps/app-lounge/