I am currently aving some serious issues with the app lounge and with google maps. I fear both might be caused by microG.
I first noticed that google maps, which i use without an account, would only load the map layer but not the information layer (stores, streets etc); then, after I cleared rhe application storage, it wouldn’t load anything l, period. So I then checked the app lounge, where i noticed the real issue…
In the App Lounge home screen all the applications are shown normally, but when I click on an app from the play store the screen doesn’t load and i get the message: “You need to be using App Lounge with a Google account or in the Anonymous mode to be able to check a Play Store app” even though I AM checked in as an anonymous user.
Is it me or is that not the whole purpose of eOS to not use Google Maps, or Google Play Services? Use an alternate map source, problem solved… That’s the purpose of microG so you don’t have to use the google spyware.
It’s not that easy. The alternate maps that Murena /e/OS provides are outdated (says the developer) and App Lounge won’t give you updates to the current version. The Magic Earth version that ships with /e/ won’t announce over Bluetooth car head units… Sure, other map solutions exist, but you got to find them in the first place.
