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Created by Yae4 ( talk) and Newslinger ( talk). Nominated by Yae4 ( talk) at 16:07, 22 December 2019 (UTC).
MicroG allows Android apps to access the same application programming interfaces (APIs) that are provided by Google Play Services [...]. [1] [2] Unlike Google Play Services, MicroG does not track user activity on the device, [...]. [1]
MicroG released "LineageOS for MicroG", a fork of LineageOS – a free and open-source Android-based operating system – that includes both MicroG and the F-Droid app store as pre-installed software. LineageOS for MicroG was created after LineageOS developers declined to integrate MicroG into LineageOS [...] [3] [4]
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"without tracking their device activity"refers only to MicroG, since
"MicroG"is the subject of the sentence. Because
" Google mobile services"is the predicate, the grammar of the sentence prevents the phrase from referring to Google mobile services. It's true that people who use MicroG can still be tracked by Google on the server side, and by any app on either the client or the server side, but the cited Vice article says that MicroG doesn't do any tracking of its own:
"MicroG's various components strive to replicate the experience of a fully loaded Android phone without any of the data tracking". Does this address your concern, or would you still prefer to reword the sentence to avoid misleading the reader? — Newslinger talk 16:03, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
Just remembered that the word "less"
needs to compare MicroG to something, since the phrasing in ALT4 is not a
fully supported attribution. I've also tweaked the wording for brevity:
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My guess is that the average reader will be more interested if the hook mentions some well-known apps. — Newslinger talk 02:19, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
... that MicroG allows users to access.) Yoninah ( talk) 22:36, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
5, 6 and 7 seem to be flawed as 2/3 apps mentioned (Telegram and Signal) are designed to work without Google Play Services or MicroG. Although I know it would require a source which I cannot provide, wouldn't it be better to mention apps which MicroG actually helps? P4t4t4t4t ( talk) 01:27, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
Cwmhiraeth (
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Created by Yae4 ( talk) and Newslinger ( talk). Nominated by Yae4 ( talk) at 16:07, 22 December 2019 (UTC).
MicroG allows Android apps to access the same application programming interfaces (APIs) that are provided by Google Play Services [...]. [1] [2] Unlike Google Play Services, MicroG does not track user activity on the device, [...]. [1]
MicroG released "LineageOS for MicroG", a fork of LineageOS – a free and open-source Android-based operating system – that includes both MicroG and the F-Droid app store as pre-installed software. LineageOS for MicroG was created after LineageOS developers declined to integrate MicroG into LineageOS [...] [3] [4]
References
"without tracking their device activity"refers only to MicroG, since
"MicroG"is the subject of the sentence. Because
" Google mobile services"is the predicate, the grammar of the sentence prevents the phrase from referring to Google mobile services. It's true that people who use MicroG can still be tracked by Google on the server side, and by any app on either the client or the server side, but the cited Vice article says that MicroG doesn't do any tracking of its own:
"MicroG's various components strive to replicate the experience of a fully loaded Android phone without any of the data tracking". Does this address your concern, or would you still prefer to reword the sentence to avoid misleading the reader? — Newslinger talk 16:03, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
Just remembered that the word "less"
needs to compare MicroG to something, since the phrasing in ALT4 is not a
fully supported attribution. I've also tweaked the wording for brevity:
References
My guess is that the average reader will be more interested if the hook mentions some well-known apps. — Newslinger talk 02:19, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
... that MicroG allows users to access.) Yoninah ( talk) 22:36, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
5, 6 and 7 seem to be flawed as 2/3 apps mentioned (Telegram and Signal) are designed to work without Google Play Services or MicroG. Although I know it would require a source which I cannot provide, wouldn't it be better to mention apps which MicroG actually helps? P4t4t4t4t ( talk) 01:27, 1 February 2020 (UTC)