Leave Google Apps setup as is... or tweak it

[BengaloBongali]

While some see it as a lack of some way, I am very happy with the way you leave the choice of installing Google Apps to the user and want to encourage you, to leave it this way. I don't get how it would be an improvement to force anybody to use them. Maybe instead of the widget you could make a little assistant app, that installs Google Apps and/or F-Droid and/or alternatives much like the "browser download app" they had on Windows some time ago (or still have?) with a short description of each option.

One question though: Is Google frameworks installed even if the user does choose not to get Google Apps?

[Cathryne]

I have the same question.

[keesj]

Hi,

If you do not install gapps some of the API's will not be present..Think of google maps API for example. I think we are still in a good situation where the gapps are not installed by default but I have to admit this is more luck than anything else. If the phone gets it's blessing from google the apps will be installed by default as this is, I believe, required.

[BengaloBongali]

That's a slap in the face for anybody believing in free software, especially regarding the result of this poll I just found: https://forum.fairphone.com/t/poll-should-the-google-apps-come-preinstalled-with-the-fairphone/469

[keesj]

Hi @BengaloBongali I am a supporter of Open source and I am using a google free Fairphone. I Personally think it is better to not have gapps installed at all. All I was saying is that I believe that if you get the google blessing you are forced to have the gapps installed. I is hard to get clear information about this.

[BengaloBongali]

Sorry that I didn't get that.

Then which are the advantages of Google's blessing that outweigh having the choice?