im not entirely sure if android auto is a privacy nightmare but im not risking it, so is there anything like it thats open source and stuff??

  • Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Not fully open source,
    but less proprietary crap.

    AA4MG (Android Auto 4 MicroG)

    It allows to run Android Auto with:

    • MicroG, open source alternative to Google Play Services)
    • Empty stub APKs, for the other Google Android Auto dependencies (e.g. Google Maps, TTS Text To Speech, …)

    That way the only proprietary thing you need,
    is the actual Android Auto app,
    not it’s hand full of sketchy propriety dependencies.

    Full disclosure: I helped develop AA4MG + AAXLU :)

    • Hyacin (He/Him)@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      5 minutes ago

      Empty stub APKs, for the other Google Android Auto dependencies (e.g. Google Maps, TTS Text To Speech, …)

      Can it be redirected rather than empty? I tried to use 3rd party GPS software with Graphene + AA and it still forced me to install Google Maps for even the 3rd party software to work :-/ … I do want GPS with traffic, I don’t want Google knowing every move I make and using it to make their executives richer.