Boost loads adds from a shitty network though. Most open source apps don’t do this stuff because nobody wants a Lemmy client to load ads; users only ever tolerate it in return for a more polished UI or whatever.
Google services framework is a load of libraries for other apps to use; Google play store is something else on top.
Apps can depend on one or both.
Isn’t the telemetry neutered by not giving GSF network permissions (on grapheneos)?
Boost loads adds from a shitty network though. Most open source apps don’t do this stuff because nobody wants a Lemmy client to load ads; users only ever tolerate it in return for a more polished UI or whatever.