Why does Google keep asking for user names & passwords I don't know?
What does Google have to do with Motorola?
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Motorola phones use the Android system which is heavily reliant on Google software and network services. If you want to use these services (email-gmail, maps and so on) you will need a Google login and password to get access. If you don’t care about these services you can disable them individually in settings->Apps&Notification->Gmail(for instance). If you already use some other web mail facility (yahoo for example). You can find a yahoo mail app in the google play store (yes you have to have a google account for the play store also). Or you could just access yahoo mail via the browser that is already on your phone without resorting to a dedicated app. I have not tried this last suggestion and have no idea if the results are even sensible and usable on a small mobile device screen. There are compromises involved in using any “smart” phone/mobile device these days.
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If you are adventurous you could install a so-call ROM. Since android is open source you can install a ‘clean’ non-google version of android. You can avoid (or minimally) tracking by google or facebook and others. - longer battery life because of slim down software.
I did install that to g6play - See here
https://github.com/phhusson/treble_exper...
since you are already in ifixit - you are someone who likes to tinker with stuff.
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