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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ModerateImprovement to c/[email protected]
 

I just wanted to share that you can disable google play store on stock Android and not lose that much functionality, if for any reason you use an app that require Google play store or you want to make a play store purchase, you can enable it again.

I personally disabled it and I get my apps from Aurora Store, ApkPure and Droidify.

It decreased my phone battery usage by a lot and I am less dependent on google overall.

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[–] ModerateImprovement 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Search for this in the settings app

Click here

Click on the 3 points on top of each other:

Clich show system

Search for play store and click it, after that disable it and force stop it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah just be aware that this seems to be reversed automatically. I have done this multiple times for google play and other google apps I have no need for (android auto for example), and they always end up being force updated and re-enabled.