Slightly related but I hope uber doesn't do this... personally I'm trying to reduce my dependence on rideshare services but sometimes ๐ฉ happens
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I didn't find such an app when I briefly looked for one a while back. However, LineageOS with microG and a separate user profile might keep the official app confined enough for comfort.
I might end up reinstalling lineageos with micro-g, yeah. Will use uber web for now (assuming it'll work)
GrapheneOS can usually operate with all those service-type apps apparently
Edit: also banking apps, which are pretty standard in terms of their TPM-need
Same goes for microg, at least in the case of Uber and whatever banking apps.
Uber on microg will fall back to mapbox, though I don't actually know if it can work in lieu of a play services implementation. Could be that it's not a hard requirement compared to Lyft
There's plenty of apps that have that pop up and still work just fine. I think Lyft just decided that they'll close the app in that case.
I think the popup comes from the sdk itself when the play services are not present.
For what it's worth, I've just given it a quick test with microg.
Opened the app, it seems to be okay, though it's asking for a phone number to create an account or log in. Do you know if it would fail prior to that point without play services?
from when I would try it it would immediately pop up saying no Google Play Services and then you'd click OK and it would immediately crash without asking for a phone number or anything so it would not stay open for more than about two seconds
Thank you for confirming
Yeah it would immediately say GPS is required and shut down. Thanks for confirming it works with micro-g!
happy to help
Is that because there's a micro-g-like sdk installed to make it work? Or something else?
My phone fortunately is still very much functional.
I don't know about Lyft apps, but Uber still lets you use the browser.
Didn't know that, that's great! Thanks!