• Anyone else wiping out the Android 12+

    From Wally J@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 18 17:00:32 2023
    Has anyone else wiped out the <com.google.mainline.telemetry> package?

    Probably not. Most people are scared to touch Android. I'm not.
    Anyway, if you wiped it out also, let me know if there are any negatives.

    For another thread I was checking if the following Android 13+ packages
    were re-added by Project Mainline (aka Google Play System update):
    adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.mainline.adservices
    adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.adservices.api

    And while checking in MuntashirAkon, I saw an additional package:
    <com.google.mainline.telemetry>

    Looking it up before I blasted it away, it's been around since Android 12.
    <https://cloud.google.com/service-infrastructure/docs/telemetry-reporting>

    Apparently I'm not the first person to consider blowing it away...

    <https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/uzp7ye/comgooglemainlinetelemetry_is_it_safe_to_remove/?rdt=56584>
    "[It] is a set of metrics-related modules. Google Play uses the version
    of the Telemetry module to determine [...] if updates are available for
    metrics-related modules and which security patch version to display
    to the end user. This module doesn't contain active code and has no
    functionality on its own."

    So I blew it away... I'll find out over time if it makes any difference.
    adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.mainline.telemetry

    Has anyone else wiped out the <com.google.mainline.telemetry> package?
    Any after effects?
    --
    The beauty of Android is you learn how it works by breaking pieces of it.

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