I installed NetGuard about a month ago and blocked all internet to apps, unless they're on a whitelist. No notifications from this particular system app (that can't be disabled) until recently when it started making internet connection requests to google servers. Does anyone know when this became a thing?
Edit 2: I bought my Pixel 6 phone outright, directly from Google's Australian store. I have no creditors.
Were the courts not enough control for creditors? Since when are they allowed to lock you out of your purchased property without a court order?
I don't even live in the US, so what the actual fuck?
Edit 1: You can check it's installed (~~stock~~ Pixel 6 android 14) Settings > Apps > All Apps > three dot menu, Show system > search "DeviceLockController".
I highly recommend getting NetGuard, you can enable pro features via their website if you have the APK for as low as 0.10€, but donate more, because it's amazing. You can also purchase via Google Play store.
It's in lineage too. Found it on pixel 7a with actual LOs 21
ah fuck. every day i just wana quit android more for a Brick phone.
Honestly I was in the same boat until I got a Fairphone...
And now I'm in the same boat again. Honestly cannot wait until GNU/Linux mobile devices are viable 🙏
I own a Pinephone64 allready but its still far from the baseline funktionality of a android device. It has hardware switches for the wireless modules tho...
I've thought about getting one, but it'll just be a novelty until it can support MMS properly (trying to get family to switch) and battery lasts a full day. I'll need a few more apps, but I'll figure out how to get it working through emulation or something if the above are fixed.
It shouldn't be unless you installed google apps