I have switched everything to privacy alternatives is it safe to delete my Google account or is it needed for some android features also if I delete my account does Google delete all my data if not, can I request the deletion of my data under the GDPR

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    2 days ago

    I don’t think adding a Chinese source is necessarily bad, what if they have users in china that want local apps?

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      20 hours ago

      that’s not the point. but that they added a generally unknown app source that’s

      • enabled by default
      • gets to log your searches
      • could provide its own, altered version of an app you are looking for
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          15 hours ago

          that’s right, but it’s enabled by default, and as a result it will affect lots of users who did not think about this. that’s the power of defaults.

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            15 hours ago

            What do you mean? In Obtainium you pick the source you want, it doesn’t automatically choose anything

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              14 hours ago

              on my phone the vivo app store source is enabled by default in the search menu. compared to your screenshot, all but gitlab is been pre-selected. some of them may be how I set it up some time ago, but before I updated it a few days ago the vivo app store option was not there, and on friends phones I have seen it in the last months too that this source is enabled right after installing obtanium