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authorDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>2021-08-02 07:40:29 -0400
committerDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>2021-08-02 08:20:43 -0400
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simplify sandboxed Play services explanation
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com.android.vending (Google Play Store), com.google.android.gms (Google Play
services), com.google.android.gsf (Google Services Framework) as regular sandboxed
apps in a specific profile. These receive no special privileges and the OS itself
- doesn't include any of the usual integration to make use of them itself to provide
- services offered by the OS. They run as unprivileged, sandboxed apps like any
- others and GrapheneOS implements shims to make them work without the many
- privileged permissions and SELinux policy extensions these apps usually
- require. Only apps within the same profile can use it. Even within the same
- profile, apps not explicitly choosing to use Google services won't use them
- because the OS doesn't integrate support for it or use it as the backend for APIs
- in the OS like the stock OS.</p>
+ doesn't use them for anything. They run as unprivileged, sandboxed apps like any
+ others. GrapheneOS simply provides shims teaching them how to run without any of
+ the special privileged permissions and SELinux policy they depend on having. Even
+ within the same profile, apps not explicitly choosing to use Google services won't
+ use them because the OS doesn't integrate support for it or use it as the backend
+ for APIs in the OS like the stock OS.</p>
<p>You should install all 3 apps including the Play Store rather than only Play
services or there will be missing functionality. Play Store is not simply a user