Well, I tried to be polite and it’s clear that you all believe the notion that without using a VPN you’re subject to criminal prosecution which is possible but the actual cases of such are almost but not entirely non-existent. Look, I don’t claim to to be an expert on cutting the cord but I am highly educated in Linux and and more presiciely Android development.
It’s also clear that none of you that have responded have taken the time to read anything beyond what you’re already programmed to to see and not what I’m actually saying. So I will try once more and this time I’ll try to be more clear.
This is what I’ve been saying with photographic proof that when with Play Protect disabled that your apps are still scanned but not disabled or uninstalled without user interaction.
As you can see Play Protect is disabled but obviously is still found because regardless of what you may think, this is proof they scan every app regardless of your settings. What they do about is obviously different. As I said before, but, failed to put it into lamens terms, unless they’re losing money they don’t really care so you’re correct in saying that with Play Protect disabled they won’t be removed but they are still aware of their presence on your device. If you think otherwise you obviously have little to no understanding of Google and more importantly how they operate on a device with an Android ecosystem. They’re in control, not you!!
I did say that those who state that that with those options disabled and are still having the app removed is possibly an error on their behalf.
My entire point is that you not only can you not hide apps installed on your device from Google, you can’t hide anything. Google is to Android as Apple is to iOS. If Play Services are present there are whitelist privileged app permissions that are read-only which gives them this authority and from the post I’ve read in this specific thread it’s doubtful any of you are aware of this and most likely don’t have or rather choosing not to have the mental compacity to comprehend it. I, on the other hand, don’t claim to be an expert but I have been dealing with Android from it’s first release. I’ve watched it evolve dramatically over the years. There was a point where you could cloak many things from them but as they evolved they safeguarded those “vulnerabilities” and now, unless you’re running a device that is completely free of Play Services (Meaning you definitely won’t have a Play Store) then I’m afraid you’ve been left in the dark.
Again, I’m not arguing that from what everyone has said is true about sideloaded app deletion with Play Protect disabled but I am saying that you’re completely delusional if you think they don’t scan not only apps but every thing you do all the way to download files on your device, even those that aren’t installed.
