Google Play services in EOS?

[eosfan]

Hi AnotherElk,

I just learned on this forum that APPS from EOS is not save

Where do Apps Come From?

So if we take this as read. Is there an explanation as to how /e/ has a license from say Nintendo or Netflix to residistribute their applications? Or is this an admission that /e/ does so without consent or license? Even if the app is distributed for no charge. Its not actually legal to redistribute it without a license to do so. Free & Open source software bakes the right to redistribute into a license that it grants to everyone who recieves the program; but this isn’t true for proprietary ap…

and has a lot of old apps like eg firefox https://e.foundation/e-os-available-applications/

@AnotherElk

either by any other store which installed them or by OS updates in the case of system Apps.

When I blacklist apps in aurora they will get updated by another store as you said, so presumably APPS or F-Droid. Isn’t it better for safety reason to let Aurora handle the update?
Is there a way to tell the EOS where to get it’s updates from?
Have a good weekend!
Rogier