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Remove dependance on google play services

Protonmail android app is dependent on google play services and that is obviously against privacy and security.
Users who removed/disable google play services or used vanilla "lineageos" without gapps cannot get the mail client work properly.
Google play services collect every possible piece of info about the user; location, body sensors, application usage, and every other possible thing. So telling the use to enable/install google services you compromise his privacy and security by 3rd party app which is clearly against the idea if Protomail.

I hope you can correct this and have no dependence on google at all.

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    What is the status of this planned feature?

  • B Burgart commented  ·   ·  Report

    Given the massive privacy violations by FaceBook (and Google to a lesser extent) Proton Mail should completely disassociate itself with these companies. It's hard to believe that company that says it's all about privacy and security has a FaceBook link/banner at the top of it's page.

  • Gregory R. Everitt commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am already a monthly subscriber and wanted to upgrade during the Black Friday sale. I am hesitant, however, to commit a year or more to an end-to-end encrypted communication service that uses a proprietary Android app.

  • Samuel commented  ·   ·  Report

    It's Black Friday and time to get my long awaited spy-free e-mail. But seeing that Protonmail forces me to use Google's hyper tracked Play Store the decision has been made for me, I will have to go with Tutanota despite them having fewer features than PM. Perhaps next year will be different.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    It is clear Protonmail does not give a samn users want. This dependency problem is present since, at least, 2016. In 2017 november Protonmail said the apk will soonly downloadable on its website. One year later Protonmail apps is always associated with Google Play Service. And to 3 months Protonmail free become slow... slow... i was on Tutanota and it wzs quick and off Google Play... but my Tutanota was deleted by a Tutanota problem... security is not here. Encrypted mail apps are not that they promess...

  • Anna commented  ·   ·  Report

    I hope you add this feature soon :)

    As long as this isn't done yet, please remove the notification. It's ok to show it once, but not everytime I open the app.

  • Jens Gabel commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi guys,
    please provide the app also on F-Droid.
    Google has become evil.

    And why do you have to run google-analytics on this site??

  • Pepe commented  ·   ·  Report

    I would also love to see a version that does not harass me for not having google services installed (that popup is really annoying) and notifications would be great too.

  • Ahron commented  ·   ·  Report

    Any update? This was posted in 2016. If it was genuinely "planned" it would be done already...

  • Raffael commented  ·   ·  Report

    Protonmail claims to be privacy first. How can you require us to install Google's spyware on our phones?

    Please, provide the APK so people don't download random APKs from insecure sources!

    Or even better, provide a bridge for Android so we can use our favourite mail client and don't have to use a different app at all.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am in the process of moving to ProtonMail, but having recently changed phone OS, this is really making me think twice! Unfortunate as ProtonMail has otherwise been great

  • Wayne commented  ·   ·  Report

    I cant even open my protonmail app now without updating it. Where is the direct download for the apk?
    Google IS the problem. How do we know you are true to your statements about privacy when you use one of the most intrusive spies in the world?

    Seriously, Google has been
    getting fines from all over because of their practices. They don't respect anyones privacy.

    I liked the app, but I guess rhis is the end of the app. I am not going to give Google even more info than what they have already covertly gathered on me.

    ID theft is a big enough problem in the US. If you really did go to MIT you would know this.

  • Dam commented  ·   ·  Report

    Need push notifications without Google services !

  • Anthonie commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hello,
    The Tutanota app works very fine without the google system framework. It's available in the f-droid repository, so no dependency to Google whatsoever. It is imho more or less a (little) JOKE that Protonmail (security and privacy for the user??) when it depends on Google services. When Tutanota can, Protonmail should also be able to ditch Geegle dependency. I now use the slow protonmail mobile website login on my phone (Lineage/ViperOS without google system framework). I am thinking about moving all my e-mail to Tutanota...).

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    +1. Please remove GAPPS depency and provide apk. many thanks.

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