You guys do realize that Play Services (required for a lot of apps to function correctly) can already access anything it wants on your phone, right? It's a system privileged app and it has every permission granted to it. These apps are literally just Google breaking what was OS functionality into separate apps so they can be updated independently from OEM firmware upgrades.
You guys do realize that Play Services (required for a lot of apps to function correctly) can already access anything it wants on your phone, right? It's a system privileged app and it has every permission granted to it. These apps are literally just Google breaking what was OS functionality into separate apps so they can be updated independently from OEM firmware upgrades.
For privacy, obviously a de-Googled or alternative phone is necessary, but if nothing else then some of these actions might save some battery life.