Are any important things crammed into the Google app?
from BoyetLeonantus@sh.itjust.works to degoogle@lemmy.ml on 24 May 2024 20:47
https://sh.itjust.works/post/19816237

I’m not sure about my phone, maybe I’d like to keep Google Lens, but on a TV box it seems completely unnecessary. Its identifier com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox also sounds like it shouldn’t contain anything important for the working of a device, but who knows with Google. Is there anything unexpected that would stop working when uninstalling / disabling updates for this?

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xrtxn@lemmy.sdf.org on 24 May 2024 22:48 next collapse

You should check out github.com/…/universal-android-debloater-next-gen… Tldr. removing some of these apps are not neccesary while some are, but doing it manually is a big no from me.

GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml on 24 May 2024 23:15 next collapse

Some links won’t open, Gemini won’t work and the quick search will become limited or unusable. Other than that I don’t remember anything important. That app is definitely worth disabling

pelletbucket@lemm.ee on 23 Jun 2024 06:12 collapse

I’ve had the Google app disabled on my phone for years. I haven’t had any issues